New Appointment to Council of Europe Expert Committee on Tech-Facilitated Violence Against Women
I am honoured to be appointed to the Council of Europe’s newly established Committee of Experts on Combating Technology-Facilitated...
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Law Professor. Advisor. Commentator.
Expert on Violence Against Women & Girls
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May 2
New Criminal Offence to Create Deepfake Porn
Following calls for reform, the UK Government has announced plans to criminalise creating sexually explicit deepfakes without consent....
Apr 18
Degraded by Deepfakes
A powerful new BBC radio documentary Degraded by Deepfakes explores the experiences of ‘Jodie’ who had deepfake porn made of her without...
Mar 27
First #Cyberflashing Conviction
The first man convicted of the new offence of #cyberflashing in England & Wales was sentenced this week to 66 weeks imprisonment. On ITV...
Oct 4, 2023
New: Deepfake Nudes and Why Google Must Act
The world may finally be waking up to the reality of deepfake porn, with news last week that young boys in Spain used AI nudify apps to...
Sep 24, 2023
Fake Porn-Real Victims: New Documentary on Deepfake Porn
The harmful reality of deepfake porn is laid bare in a powerful new documentary by the renowned Swiss media company NZZ, featuring...
Jul 24, 2023
New Online Safety Bill Guidance to tackle abuse of women and girls
Following a long campaign, the Government has agreed to change the Online Safety Bill to better protect women and girls from online...
Jul 7, 2023
Pornography Review Announced
The UK Government has announced an ambitious and much-needed review of pornography regulation. I welcomed this review in the Guardian,...
Apr 21, 2023
New Campaign to Close Loopholes in Cyberflashing Law
This week saw the launch of a new campaign by Bumble, Grazia and UN Women urging UK Government ministers to reconsider their approach...
Feb 3, 2023
Online misogyny set to be outlawed
The front page of The Daily Telegraph reports the Government are set to include a Code of Practice on Violence Against Women and Girls in...
Dec 15, 2022
Daily Telegraph publishes letter from coalition of women’s rights organisations & Professor McGlynn
Professor Clare McGlynn has joined calls for changes to the Online Safety Bill to ensure it better protects women and girls from online...
Dec 5, 2022
Research on Intimate Image Abuse raised in Parliamentary debate about Online Safety Bill
Research by Professor Clare McGlynn The Online Safety Bill returned to the UK Parliament today, with Dame Maria Miller MP recommending...
Nov 29, 2022
International human rights body adopts new statement on online violence against women
Published by Professor Clare McGlynn The United Nations group of independent human rights organisations monitoring violence against women...
Aug 22, 2022
Flagship BBC Panorama documentary on the trading and sharing nude images online
A new investigation from the flagship BBC Panorama series features Professor McGlynn sharing her expertise on the trading and sharing of...
May 24, 2022
Professor McGlynn speaks to Parliamentary Committee reviewing the Online Safety Bill
Professor McGlynn shared her expertise regarding online abuse today with the Parliamentary committee reviewing the Online Safety Bill....
May 11, 2022
Professor McGlynn tells Parliamentary Committee that ‘pornography normalises sexual violence’
Professor McGlynn today gave evidence to the inquiry into pornography and its impacts being conducted by Parliament’s Committee on Women...
Apr 26, 2022
Europe Has Traded Away Its Online Porn Law
Report on how the EU ‘traded away’ plans to protect survivors of intimate image abuse with Clare McGlynn commenting that online abuse is...
Jan 20, 2022
A young woman's fight to tackle revenge porn
Leading German broadcaster examines EU Digital Services Act and image-based sexual abuse including my call for stronger measures and...
Jan 11, 2022
European Union webinar on image-based sexual abuse and the Digital
As the European Union debates new laws to regulate internet platforms, Professor McGlynn joined Members of the European Parliament and...
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