Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new law

The government is proposing that intimate image abuse should be treated more severely.

I’m putting tech firms on notice: deal with the appalling abuse of women online – or we will deal with you | Keir Starmer

I see violence against women as a national emergency. The posting of non-consensual intimate images is part of that crisis, and it must stop Tackling violence against women and girls is not just a priority for my government. It is central to who I am. Before entering politics, when I led the Crown Prosecution Service as director of public prosecutions, I worked with victims of rape, domestic abuse and sexual violence, and I saw, up close, the lifelong damage these crimes cause. And I learned that when systems fail victims, the harm does not end, it deepens. Keir Starmer is UK prime minister Continue reading...

By Keir Starmer