The number of British people who have been a victim of so-called revenge porn has almost doubled in the last two years, researchers said on Thursday, calling the figure "deeply worrying". She said they had hoped revenge porn would have decreased as the issue became more widely discussed and condemned. Of the 2,000 people surveyed, more than 40% knew someone who had been a victim of revenge porn and 22% knew someone who had been threatened with revenge porn. Domestic abuse charity Refuge has described threats to share intimate images as a "devastating form of domestic abuse" that ruins lives. Slater and Gordon commissioned its first survey in 2019 after family lawyers noticed fears around revenge porn were cropping up as divorce proceedings turned toxic.

Source: The Star March 25, 2021 00:00 UTC