“For too lengthy the federal government’s strategy to tackling image-based abuse has been piecemeal and ineffective. This disaster calls for extra.”
Jodie has an essential message for anybody who desires to help the marketing campaign: “Collectively, we will finish image-based abuse. Please assist me by signing and sharing this petition.”
In 2023, GLAMOUR launched a groundbreaking consent survey, in partnership with Refuge and Rape Disaster, which requested over 3000 girls about their attitudes in the direction of sexual consent. Of all of the findings – which you’ll learn in full right here – we had been horrified to be taught that 91% of GLAMOUR readers assume deepfake know-how poses a risk to the security of girls.
Earlier this yr, we took our findings to parliament, internet hosting a roundtable in partnership with Greg Clark, then the Conservative MP for Tunbridge Wells and Chair of the Science, Innovation, and Know-how Committee, to discover what politicians and tech firms can do to cease deepfake abuse.
Barely a month later, we had our first marketing campaign win. The federal government introduced proposals to criminalise the creation of deepfake pornography. Sadly, within the wake of the normal election, this promise by no means got here to fruition.
In June 2024, GLAMOUR formally launched our marketing campaign, in partnership with EVAW, Not Your Porn, and Professor Clare McGlynn, to introduce a complete Picture-Primarily based Abuse Regulation.
Rebecca Hitchen, Head of Coverage & Campaigns on the Finish Violence Towards Girls Coalition (EVAW), says, “Picture-based abuse is deeply dangerous and a rising risk to girls and women. By signing this petition, you’re telling the federal government to take pressing motion to guard survivors and forestall different girls and women from being focused.
The know-how that’s enabling perpetrators to create, share and broadly disseminate abusive pictures is consistently evolving at a fast tempo, which is why tackling the difficulty must be underpinned by a complete regulation that holds each perpetrators and tech platforms accountable and gives specialist help and particular person redress for survivors, alongside working in the direction of a greater future via prevention.”
Professor Clare McGlynn says, “Present legal guidelines on image-based abuse are difficult and complicated, with enormous gaps, leaving survivors with few choices to take again management of their lives and safe some sense of justice. We’d like a complete image-based abuse regulation that recognises the character and extent of this abuse and units out an ambition to eradicate it.
There have been latest enhancements within the regulation, however they aren’t complete, with many survivors falling between the gaps within the regulation. The delays in performing are not acceptable.”
Elena Michael, Director of Not Your Porn, says, “The time to behave is now. A complete system to sort out image-based abuse is lengthy overdue. The On-line Security Act doesn’t go far sufficient, though it’s a beginning piece within the jigsaw puzzle. Survivors can’t be anticipated to do all of the work to guard themselves despite the fact that that is primarily what they’re having to do due to the gaps within the regulation.
The 5 ‘asks’ on this marketing campaign are formed by the wants and experiences of survivors – that is what they want as an absolute minimal, and we’ll maintain calling for it till the federal government listens.”
*Names and a few particulars have been modified to guard victims and survivors’ identities and security.
Revenge Porn Helpline gives recommendation, steerage and help to victims of intimate image-based abuse over the age of 18 who stay within the UK. You possibly can name them on 0345 6000 459.
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