By Lauren Agnew, Head of Policy & Public Affairs, CEASE If I’m honest, when I first started exploring the conversation around raising the age of access to social media, I was on the fence. I strongly support safety by design:…
By Lauren Agnew, Head of Policy & Public Affairs, CEASE CEASE strongly welcomes the Government’s decisive action to raise the age of access to 16 for social media. Although staunch proponents of safety by design, we recognise the need for…
By Naomi Miles, CEO, CEASE Working in the area of sexual abuse, harm and exploitation, there is no shortage of alarming statistics and bad news, so good news is both rare and welcome. And here it is: the UK is…
By Lauren Agnew, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, CEASE CEASE is really pleased to see the Government have taken onboard recommendations from Baroness Bertin’s Independent Pornography Review and tabled an amendment to the Crime and Policing bill which will give it the power to force pornography…
by Naomi Miles, CEO, CEASE Let’s get these fundamental safeguards over the line! Force porn sites to verify age and consent, Ministers told We are launching a campaign calling for Age and Consent checks for all online pornography. The proposal is…
Convictions for exploiting people through prostitution have plummeted since 2010, despite the rise of lucrative pimping websites New analysis of Ministry of Justice statistics by UK Feminista and CEASE (Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation) has revealed that enforcement of…
Four years ago, when I accepted the position of Chief Executive of CEASE, I had no idea what was in store. After all, most of the events that would shape my time in the job were yet to appear: A…