‘In two judgments (Re A and Re B) Cobb J has confirmed that capacity to make decisions about internet and social media use do not form a “subset” of of a person’s ability to make decisions about care or contact. Capacity to use the internet and social media are “inextricably linked; the internet is the communication platform on which social media operates. For present purposes, it does not make sense in my judgment to treat them as different things. It would, in my judgment, be impractical and unnecessary to assess capacity separately in relation to using the internet for social communications as to using it for entertainment, education, relaxation, and/or for gathering information.”‘
Doughty Street Chambers, 26th February 2019
Source: insights.doughtystreet.co.uk
‘Revenge porn threats should be made illegal after the murder of Alice Ruggles, a domestic homicide review has recommended.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The first person to be convicted of FMG in Britain “betrayed” her three-year-old daughter by mutilating her, a judge said, as she jailed her for 13 years.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Online communications law is incoherent and fails to protect victims of abuse from harassment such as “deepfake” pornography, according to a report by the Law Commission.’
The Guardian, 1st November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Adults will be able to view computer-generated child abuse images online because of a loophole in new laws barring under-18s from porn sites, the Government has been warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th August 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘People found guilty of repeatedly uploading “revenge porn” will face the toughest punishments when new sentencing guidelines come into force.’
Sentencing council press release
BBC News, 5th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Producing fake pornographic images based on pictures of real people should be made a criminal offence in an amended bill to tackle upskirting, an academic expert has argued.’
The Guardian, 21st June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘One in three allegations of so-called revenge porn are withdrawn by the complainant, new figures show.’
BBC News, 14th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An ex-Army sergeant major who carried out a “terrifying” sex attack on a 14-year-old girl has avoided prison.’
The Independent, 22nd March 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘By April 2018, all online pornographic content in the UK will be controlled by mandatory age-verification controls under the Digital Economy Act.’
Rights Info, 29th January 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘An American actress and singer is to receive revenge porn damages from her ex-boyfriend after becoming the first person to sue in the British courts.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘In a four month period in 2017, there were 24,000 attempts to access pornographic websites in the Houses of Parliament. Westminster may be a special case, but should it be a sackable offence in regular offices?’
The Guardian, 8th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Pornography depicting rape must be banned, campaigners said last night, after a “barbaric” teenager obsessed with sexually violent images raped and bludgeoned his victim on his 17th birthday, leaving her for dead.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Retired police officers who leaked information about an inquiry into Cabinet minister Damian Green could face prosecution, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said.’
The Independent, 4th December 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Reports of children sexually assaulting each other have almost doubled in the last four years, figures show as experts blame the rise in the availability of online pornography.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Abingdon man who used fake online profiles to abuse children has his sentence increased by the Court of Appeal.’
Attorney General’s Office, 12th September 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘Hundreds of children, including some as young as five, are being expelled or temporarily excluded from school for sexual misconduct including abuse, assault, harassment and watching pornography, according to new figures.’
The Guardian, 9th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘What with all the kerfuffle over Brexit negotiations and the impending snap general election, you could perhaps be forgiven for failing to notice that the Government had rushed the Digital Economy Bill through Parliament in last week’s “wash up” before the dissolution of Parliament.’
Panopticon, 3rd May 2017
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
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