A new investigation from the flagship BBC Panorama series features Professor McGlynn sharing her expertise on the trading and sharing of intimate images without consent.
The documentary highlights the growing trade in intimate images and inadequacies of current legal responses. Professor McGlynn also spoke to BBC Breakfast TV about the programme and you can read a full report here on the BBC news website.
Clare’s research (with Erika Rackley) developed the concept of image-based sexual abuse which better explains the nature and extent of the harms of all forms of non-consensual taking and/or sharing of private sexual images (including ‘revenge porn’ and 'upskirting'). Her research recommends specific laws to combat this phenomenon which recognise women’s rights to privacy, dignity and sexual expression and extend to cover practices such as ‘upskirting’. Working closely with politicians, policy-makers and voluntary organisations, her research has played a key role in national debates and law reform campaigns. She gave evidence before the Scottish Justice Committee on proposed reforms in Scotland, as well as before the Women & Equalities Select Committee recommending urgent reform to laws on ‘upskirting’. She has given presentations to academics and policy-makers on these issues across Europe, North American, Korea and Australia, and she is regularly cited in national policy debates and media. She also works with tech companies, including Facebook, TikTok and Google to improve their policies and enhance support for victim-survivors.
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Professor Clare McGlynn
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