cyber-flashing
“I’m terrified at times. I’m scared of being alone physically a lot of the time,” the Inbetweeners star says.
If the government wants to make its law meaningful, this is what else needs to change.
The proposed law reforms target unsolicited dick pics, as well as abusive messages on email, Whatsapp and social media.
As exciting as the project is, I’m disappointed it's a victim of cyberflashing like me who has to help solve harassment online, writes Kelsey Bressler.
The update – set to be released on 30 September – gives users greater specificity when sending files by AirDrop.
There were 2,635 reports to the British Transport Police in the last 12 months.
Louise Smith was travelling from Liverpool Street station when she received an unsolicited sexual image.
Cyber flashing has been illegal in Scotland since 2010 but England and Wales still don't have laws against it.
If you exposed yourself to someone on the street, you’d be arrested for flashing. So why are people so comfortable with doing it online? HuffPost UK reporter Sophie Gallagher explains why we should care about cyberflashing in this episode of The Rundown, joined by Seyi Akiwowo from Glitch UK, an organisation dedicated to ending online abuse.
It's welcome the government is looking at comprehensive law reform on image-based abuse – but for women being victimised right now, this is justice being delayed.