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NLJ this week: The case for anonymity for victims of revenge porn

13 January 2023
Issue: 8008 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Media
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Victims of revenge porn should be granted anonymity, writes Emily McFadden, associate at Bolt Burdon Kemp, in this week’s NLJ.

McFadden covers the astonishing regularity of revenge porn (one in seven women between 18 and 34 have been threatened with sharing an intimate image, according to a report by the charity Refuge) as well as current legislation on the matter and potential reforms, including the Online Safety Bill.

McFadden highlights that victims are often reluctant to report the crime, and that ‘allowing victims anonymity in these crimes may mean that more feel able to report, and therefore get the support and justice they so desperately need’. 

Read her article in full here.

Issue: 8008 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Media
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