The Internet Watch Foundation recently announced that in 2019 alone they dealt with more than a quarter of a million reports of online image and video-based child sexual abuse (CSA), and of these reports over 130,000 contained CSA images/videos, which…
A recent report reviewing the impact and implementation of Operation Augusta has found systematic and harrowing failures by public authorities in Manchester to protect children under their care. The report makes for extremely disturbing reading, not only in terms of…
A recent California court case ruled that the operators behind the GirlsDoPorn “brand” have to pay a total of $13 million in damages to women who found ‘that they were tricked into performing in videos that threw their lives off…
Official figures reveal that the number of suspected victims of sexual exploitation in England last year reached almost 19,000. Experts believe this is likely to be the tip of the iceberg, with the true figure much higher. We are in…
Paypal recently withdrew their service provision to major porn provider PornHub, citing the fact the site had ‘made certain business payments through PayPal without seeking our permission’. While it should be acknowledged that financial penalties and restrictions for international conglomerates…
Fearless campaigner and CSE survivor Sammy Woodhouse recently tweeted to draw attention to the fact the Labour party Parliamentary candidate for Rother Valley has previously expressed support for the strip club industry operating within the region. Placing to one side…
A recent article in The Guardian rightly explains why the authorities need to do more to help victims of trafficking instead of moving to criminalise them straight away. On the back of the recent horrific lorry deaths in Essex, where…
Washington DC may be the first city in the US to decriminalise prostitution, in a move that has split activists and human rights organisations. Prostitution has been legalised in certain counties in Nevada, which, having caused human trafficking and sexual…
The news cycle has been dominated by Brexit for what seems like time immemorial, so it’s understandable that when a landmark Bill was abandoned a few days ago, it slipped under the radar for many people. But last week the…