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Caron Lindsay

LibLink: Hannah Thompson on her successful campaign to outlaw revenge porn

By Caron Lindsay | Wed 22nd October 2014 - 10:35 am

hannah thompsonEvery time I read about what Hannah Thompson went through, the ordeal of not knowing when and where photos which she had intended only for private consumption would end up next after her former boyfriend abused her trust, it makes me want to cry. Partly in empathy, feeling for what she went through, partly in anger that anyone could do that to a former partner, partly in total admiration at the way she has calmly and reasonably campaigned for what happened to her to be made an offence. This week the House of Lords passed the amendment which makes revenge porn illegal.

Hannah told her story to the Telegraph, first of all talking about the powerlessness of not knowing where these photos, which should never have seen the light of day, would resurface, especially when the Police said there was nothing they could do:

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Caron Lindsay

Lib Dem Peers try to make revenge porn a criminal offence

By Caron Lindsay | Tue 14th October 2014 - 9:45 am

Next Wednesday, 22nd October, the House of Lords will debate the following amendment  to the Criminal Justice Bill which, if passed, would make revenge porn a criminal offence. It follows :

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Hannah Thompson interviewed on Sky News about revenge porn

By The Voice | Tue 30th September 2014 - 3:59 pm

Sky News covered the issue of revenge porn.One of the most prominent campaigners for a change in the law is our own Hannah Thompson.  At 7:17 this morning, she found herself sitting on the sofa talking to Eamonn Holmes about her experience. Her advice to anyone else who had been abused in this way? To realise it’s not their fault.

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Caron Lindsay

Revenge porn: Ministry of Justice launches consultation, Hannah Thompson interviewed on Women’s Hour

By Caron Lindsay | Tue 19th August 2014 - 11:55 am

Smartphone bar.We’ve written about the issue of revenge porn extensively over the last few months, most recently covering the amendments introduced in the House of Lords which would make it illegal for abusive ex partners to upload intimate images to the internet without consent.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Justice launched a consultation on the issue, saying:

The Government is keen to understand more about the scale of this issue, whether incidents are being reported to the police or other authorities and, where they are, how these are being dealt with. This will allow us to

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Caron Lindsay

Liberal Democrat amendment making revenge porn a crime to be debated today – watch Hannah’s story

By Caron Lindsay | Mon 21st July 2014 - 2:29 pm

"Frozen Poetry" - Houses of Parliament, LondonThis afternoon, an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill in the name of four Liberal Democrat peers, Jonathan Marks, Olly Grender, Liz Barker and Sal Brinton, will be debated in the House of Lords. Its effects would be to make it an offence to publish a sexually explicit image of a person without their consent, punishable by 6 months to a year in prison.

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