Kat Banyard
@katbanyard
Author of PIMP STATE and THE EQUALITY ILLUSION, founder of UK Feminista
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16-05-2013 13:22:54
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Our members Tonia Antoniazzi @baronessjenkin Kirsteen Sullivan MP Tracy Gilbert MP Gabby Bertin Antonia Bance MP Polly Billington MP Katrina Murray MP Sarah Champion Jess Asato MP signed this letter in the Times calling on the PM to back safeguards on p*rn sites 👉 thetimes.com/article/d61541…
The Home Office & NCA has enjoyed a "collaborative working relationship" (their words) with websites advertising prostitution. The result? Legitimacy for the sites - and zero evidence of a reduction in sex trafficking. I've written about it here 👉 cantbuyconsent.substack.com/p/tea-and-traf…
"it's a lifesaving measure" Laila Mickelwait, founder of the global #traffickinghub campaign, welcomes the amendment passed by House of Lords requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform. Gov must implement it without delay.
"You might very reasonably have assumed that these safeguards were already in place. But they are not – and, shockingly, MPs and peers are having to fight for them" 'Ten terrible arguments against safeguards on p*rnography websites' by UK Feminista 👉 ukfeminista.org.uk/news/ten-terri…
Today, members APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation joined charities to urge Government to accept the House of Lords' vote requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform. We recommended this safeguard in our 2023 inquiry report 👉appg-cse.uk/wp-content/upl…
"When the crime bill returns to the Commons, the government should throw its weight behind a new, stronger model of consent." 👏 Government must accept in full Gabby Bertin's amendment requiring age & ongoing consent checks on p*rnography websites. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
This is why Ministers Jess Phillips Alex Davies-Jones MP Liz Kendall must accept & implement the recent vote by the House of Lords to force all p*rnography websites to verify the age and ongoing consent of everyone in videos on their platform 👇
"I want the government to protect our children...I want to stop vulnerable young women and men, like my younger self, from being exploited like I was. That shouldn’t be too much to ask” Ministers must listen to survivors & accept Gabby Bertin amendment 👇 stylist.co.uk/news/politics/…
"this comes down to whose rights the state decides to prioritise and protect: pornographers’ -or the men, women & children they make money off. It’s time to show whose side we’re on." Tracy Gilbert MP calls for age & ongoing consent checks on p*rn sites mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
