Threats to share revenge porn should be a punishable offence, a leading domestic violence charity has said. Refuge has called on the government to treat revenge porn as a crime after finding one in seven young women had received threats that their intimate photos would be shared without their consent. The charity's technology abuse team said threats to share intimate images are rising, have become a common form of abuse, and should be made a crime. Domestic violence charity Refuge has called on the government to make revenge porn a punishable offence after a survey of 2,060 people found threats to share intimate images are rising. Refuge's 'The Naked Threat' campaign is calling for the Government to make threats to share intimate images or videos a crime and consider revenge porn as a type of domestic abuse.

Source: Daily Mail July 06, 2020 14:42 UTC