This week the Government's legislative plans for the next year were announced in the Queen's Speech. While we welcome some of the legislation mentioned in the speech, many of the Bills give serious cause for concern. We welcome the fact…
READ the full report here: Glitch and EVAW, The Ripple Effect, Online abuse during COVID-19, Sept 2020 Call on Government and tech companies to step up on content moderation, transparency, investment and education; Women reveal the impact of online abuse…
Reports of cyber-flashing to British Transport Police (BTP) have almost doubled in a year, although campaigners say the number of women affected "will almost certainly be much higher" in information released today (19.02.20) Despite the rise there was only one…
Yesterday (16th October) the government announced that it would not be commencing Part 3 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 concerning age verification for online pornography. Age verification of porn websites has had multiple delays since it was proposed, and…
Today (26.06.19) the EVAW Coalition are sharing our response to Government's Online Harms White Paper Consultation (Deadline Monday 1st July 2019) which sets out proposals for online regulations. Our response is available here: Online Harms EVAW Response The EVAW Coalition believes…
The Ministry of Justice launched a Law Commission review of the Law around non-consensual taking, making and sharing of sexual images today (26 June 2019). Rachel Krys, co-director of EVAW said “The announcement today of a Law Commission review of…
This morning the Home Secretary Sajid Javid, and Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Wright QC launched the government's online harms white paper set to create a duty on internet companies to do 'all…