We now need to see government go a step further and implement a mandatory code of practice on violence against women and girls that requires platforms to take proactive action to prevent abuse.
Read our full statement ⤵️
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This win is the result of tireless campaigning by survivors of image-based abuse including Jodie* and campaigners including survivor-led campaign group #NotYourPorn, @evawuk.bsky.social, Revenge Porn Helpline, Professor @claremcglynn.bsky.social and @glamouruk.bsky.social
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Placards that say 'stop image-based abuse!' Women shouting into megaphones
🚨 CAMPAIGN WIN! 🚨
Government will now require tech platforms to take down intimate images shared without consent within 48 hours.
This welcome move to protect women and girls rightly places the responsibility on tech companies to stop abuse rather than profiting from it.
Jodie delivering her 73k-strong petition to No 10 Downing Street
Today, we stood with Jodie to deliver a 73k-strong petition to No 10 calling for more action.
Today is a start, but it is not 'job done'.
Help us keep up the momentum to #StopImageBasedAbuse
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Non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes are a form of image-based sexual abuse. While the Grok scandal dominated the headlines, the issue is much bigger than one platform alone.
While the new criminal offence is welcome, much more needs to be done to prevent this abuse from happening in the first place. That’s why today we’re delivering our 73,000-strong petition to Downing Street calling for the government to go much further.
We’re calling for: Civil routes to justice including takedown orders requiring images to be removed from online platforms and perpetrators’ devices. Relationships and sex education that’s fit for young people’s lived realities in the digital age. Funding for specialist services that provide survivors with life-saving advocacy and support.
We need to prevent abuse rather than waiting until harm is done. This means:
✅ Proper regulation of the tech companies that promote and profit from abuse
✅ Education fit for our lives in the digital age
✅ Funding for specialist services that advocate for and support survivors
Stop image-based abuse
Over the last 18 months, survivor and campaigner Jodie*, the End Violence Against Women Coalition, #NotYourPorn, Professor Clare McGlynn and Glamour UK have campaigned for action to stop deepfake abuse. Today, a new law comes into force making it illegal.
Today following months of campaigning by survivor
Jodie, @evawuk.bsky.social, #NotYourPorn, @claremcglynn.bsky.social and @glamouruk.bsky.social, a new law comes into force criminalising deepfake abuse.
This is a welcome and long-overdue step for survivors, but criminalisation alone is not enough.
📣 Tech companies must ensure an ethical and protective practice for moderators, to ensure violent content is removed and moderators experiencing harm is prevented.
🤳“In terms of risk… content moderation belongs in the category of dangerous work, comparable to any lethal industry.” Content moderators experience vicarious trauma from extreme exposure to violence against women and child sexual abuse. This is a serious, under-recognised harm.
If you are a survivor who has been affected by recent reporting, help is available.
Contact @rapecrisis.bsky.social for support
➡️ 247sexualabusesupport.org.uk
So when we ask why women don't report rape and abuse, these are the types of systems and structures that victims are up against.
We know it doesn’t have to be this way, and will continue to campaign for rape justice and an end to all forms of violence against women and girls.
It is a reminder that people are more than willing to look away if it benefits them. That when perpetrators are white and powerful, they are able to hide in plain sight, using their privilege to silence and dismiss survivors while they continue to harm with impunity.
The files detail abuse perpetrated by some of the most powerful people in the world.
And while their exposure may feel vindicating to some, it is also a reminder of what so many victims/survivors know - that rich, powerful men can commit horrific offences and get away with it.
Image of a woman with the words 'rape justice now' above her head and 'no one asked what he was wearing' written on her clothes
Solidarity with survivors and everyone feeling the weight of the appalling and distressing details in the ‘Epstein files’ being reported in the media.
Campaign win for @evawuk.bsky.social!
Through their #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign, End Violence Against Women Coalition have actioned a change in the law to protect rape survivors’ therapy notes from being routinely accessed by police.
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We expect the government to do more to ensure tech platforms can't profit from online abuse.
To prevent future harms and guarantee that victims have meaningful routes to redress will mean building on the Online Safety Act to ensure it is fit for purpose.
But it can’t stop here - given the evolving nature of AI-generated harms, tech platforms must be required to take proactive preventative action. Ofcom’s VAWG guidance for tech platforms must be made a mandatory code of practice with consequences for non-compliance. The cost of inaction is too great.
While these features should never have been available to abuse, this win shows how survivors, campaigners and a show of strength from governments can force tech platforms to take action.
Today it was announced that Ofcom will investigate Grok for nudifying women’s images. This could set an important precedent for women and girls, all eyes are on Ofcom to take action and act as a deterrent for platforms that turn a blind eye to the abuse they profit from.
🚨CAMPAIGN WIN🚨 Banning the creation of non-consensual intimate images will be brought into force this week and will be made a priority offence in the online safety act. Deepfake abuse is a violation of our human rights and billion-dollar tech compaOfcommust be held accountable.
❤️ Thank you to the courageous survivors who shared their stories to make this change happen. @rapecrisis.bsky.social @rightsofwomen.bsky.social
🚨 Counselling is a space to explore feelings, and access to it is critically important in healing from trauma. This is a significant moment for survivors, who should not have to choose between pursuing justice and accessing support.
Campaign win! Following the success of our #KeepCounsellingConfidential campaign, from today police officers will no longer be able to routinely access survivors’ therapy notes.
📣 We’re delighted that from today, police officers will no longer be able to routinely access rape survivors’ private counselling notes, after we changed the law to #KeepCounsellingConfidential
One year ago today, the government announced it would make deepfake abuse an offence. But this has still not in been brought into force.
While we wait: Grok (X’s AI bot) is nudifying women’s photos without their consent 96% of all deepfakes found online are pornographic, and 99.9% of these are of women Deepfake abuse has a long-lasting, traumatic impact on victims. It is a violation of our rights and restricts our freedoms
Billion-dollar tech companies are enabling and profiting from this abuse. They must be held accountable. Currently, tech platforms can choose whether or not to follow guidelines for tackling violence against women online. This must be made mandatory, with consequences for those that don’t comply.
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No one should have to worry about their photos being deepfaked.
Tech companies must be held accountable for enabling and profiting from this abuse.
Ofcom’s violence against women and girls guidance must be made a mandatory code of practice, with consequences for non-compliance.
As 2025 comes to an end, we’re looking back on the many incredible things we’ve achieved together this year, despite huge challenges.
Thank you for standing with us, speaking out and taking action to end violence against women and girls. We couldn’t do any of this without you!💥
While we know she will be a big loss to our sector, we are delighted by the news of her appointment to this important role advocating on behalf of victims.
We will be reflecting further on Andrea's time at EVAW in the new year.
Read more here ⤵️
📣 EVAW's Director to be next London Victims' Commissioner
Andrea Simon, who has led our Coalition since 2021, has been appointed the next Victims Commissioner for London and will officially take up her post on 1st March 2026.
Politicians should be educating the public on the reality that most violence against women and girls is perpetrated by someone known to the victim.
Political rhetoric that weaponises violence against women to harm migrants is #NotInOurName
Many of the proposals need further interrogation, and we will be assessing them under our '5 key tests' framework in the new year.
In the meantime, we've put together an initial response - read it here ⤵️
We are also concerned about measures which weaponise violence against women in order to pass restrictive immigration policies, erode our rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, and increase levels of state surveillance.
