By Gemma Kelly, Head of Policy and Public Affairs Much has been said and written about the Netflix series Adolescence; discussion abounds. But regardless of what people think about it – whether as a show that sparked a much-needed national…
By Naomi Miles, Founder and Chair of CEASE CEASE is six! Each year that passes, so much happens in this space. The need to take radical, decisive action has never been so urgent. There has been a lot of positive…
By Gemma Kelly Head of Policy and Public Affairs for CEASE CEASE welcomes the release of the Independent Pornography Review and the recommendations outlined by Lead Reviewer Baroness Bertin. Baroness Bertin’s review has called time on the pornography industry’s blatant…
By Gemma Kelly, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, CEASE On Thursday 16th January 2025, Ofcom published its guidance on age verification for pornography sites that fall under Part 5 of the Online Safety Act 2023. These are websites that…
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…
Guest blog by Hannah Shead, CEO of Trevi If you had told me five years ago that I would be chairing a conference on pornography, I would simply not have believed you. I would more than likely have told you…
By Naomi Miles, Founder and Chair of Trustees Such occasions are natural opportunities to pause, reflect and take stock of where we’re at, both as an organisation and as a society for which perhaps our attitude towards protecting children from…
by Tilda Nilsson It is a beautiful October day in Stockholm – the kind of day where the air is crisp, and the trees look straight out of a picture book. I am back in my hometown; in the country…
By Gemma Kelly, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, CEASE I have a difficult job, we all do at CEASE. We have to dig into some of the most horrific and depraved areas of humanity. We hear harrowing stories of…
Guest blog by Lord Farmer When, almost a decade ago, I began to argue against unrestricted access to online pornography and its dangers, vitriolic pushback asserted that adult freedoms had to be prioritised. Since then, a deep seam of academic…