Online Offences
What is intimate image abuse?
Intimate image abuse can include the behaviours of:
- Sharing intimate images, either on or offline, without their consent.
- Threatening to share intimate images.
- Taking an intimate image without knowledge or consent.
Intimate image abuse can also be referred to as ‘revenge porn’, non-consensual pornography or image-based sexual abuse.
The Revenge Porn Helpline supports adult victims of intimate image abuse who live in the UK: https://revengepornhelpline.org.uk/
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is a global registered charity. It states that its remit is “to minimise the availability of online sexual abuse content, specifically child sexual abuse images and videos hosted anywhere in the world and non-photographic child sexual abuse images hosted in the UK.” For more information please see here: https://www.iwf.org.uk/
StopNCII.org is a free tool designed to support victims of Non-Consensual Intimate Image (NCII) abuse: https://stopncii.org/
Childline Report Remove is here to help young people under 18 in the UK to confidentially report sexual images and videos of themselves and remove them from the internet. https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/bullying-abuse-safety/online-mobile-safety/report-remove/
Childnet has produced a Snapchat safety guide which can be found here:
SV2 has produced a short video with some information about online offences here:
The video runs quickly so please pause if and when needed. You can also download a booklet with this information here:
