APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation
@appg-cse.bsky.social
All-Party Parliamentary Group | Chair: Tonia Antoniazzi MP | Secretariat: UK Feminista | Email: contact@appg-cse.uk
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On Wednesday @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
On Wednesday @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏
On Tuesday @kittysull1.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
👉 forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
👉 extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
👉 forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
👉 extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
On Tuesday @kittysull1.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
👉 forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
👉 extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
👉 forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
👉 extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social was pleased to meet the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to discuss her ongoing investigation into pimping websites.
This letter to the Commissioner sets out 5 major findings 👇
🚫 Pimping websites are key to the business model of sex trafficking
(1/2)
This letter to the Commissioner sets out 5 major findings 👇
🚫 Pimping websites are key to the business model of sex trafficking
(1/2)
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social was pleased to meet the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner to discuss her ongoing investigation into pimping websites.
This letter to the Commissioner sets out 5 major findings 👇
🚫 Pimping websites are key to the business model of sex trafficking
(1/2)
This letter to the Commissioner sets out 5 major findings 👇
🚫 Pimping websites are key to the business model of sex trafficking
(1/2)
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social has written to Minister for Policing & Crime @sarahjonesmp.bsky.social to express serious concerns about the current policing approach to commercial sexual exploitation in England & Wales.
Guidance by the NPCC:
❌ Normalises sexual exploitation as ‘work’ (1/2)
Guidance by the NPCC:
❌ Normalises sexual exploitation as ‘work’ (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social has written to Minister for Policing & Crime @sarahjonesmp.bsky.social to express serious concerns about the current policing approach to commercial sexual exploitation in England & Wales.
Guidance by the NPCC:
❌ Normalises sexual exploitation as ‘work’ (1/2)
Guidance by the NPCC:
❌ Normalises sexual exploitation as ‘work’ (1/2)
Pimping websites are used by sex traffickers to advertise victims
@ofcom.bsky.social guidance for these sites on implementing the Online Safety Act is totally inadequate and deeply harmful
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social has written to CEO Dame Melanie Dawes requesting urgent changes 1/2
@ofcom.bsky.social guidance for these sites on implementing the Online Safety Act is totally inadequate and deeply harmful
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social has written to CEO Dame Melanie Dawes requesting urgent changes 1/2
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Pimping websites are used by sex traffickers to advertise victims
@ofcom.bsky.social guidance for these sites on implementing the Online Safety Act is totally inadequate and deeply harmful
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social has written to CEO Dame Melanie Dawes requesting urgent changes 1/2
@ofcom.bsky.social guidance for these sites on implementing the Online Safety Act is totally inadequate and deeply harmful
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social has written to CEO Dame Melanie Dawes requesting urgent changes 1/2
Commercial sexual exploitation is taking place on an industrial scale
@appg-cse.bsky.social members are leading calls for Government action
📺 As Parliament's summer break approaches, check out what we've been doing to secure change 👇
@appg-cse.bsky.social members are leading calls for Government action
📺 As Parliament's summer break approaches, check out what we've been doing to secure change 👇
July 9, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Commercial sexual exploitation is taking place on an industrial scale
@appg-cse.bsky.social members are leading calls for Government action
📺 As Parliament's summer break approaches, check out what we've been doing to secure change 👇
@appg-cse.bsky.social members are leading calls for Government action
📺 As Parliament's summer break approaches, check out what we've been doing to secure change 👇
Last week we hosted a discussion in Parliament on how policy makers should respond to sexual exploitation via 'camming' websites.
Our thanks to participants CEASE, Dr Elly Hanson & Talita in Sweden - where this exploitation is now outlawed 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
Our thanks to participants CEASE, Dr Elly Hanson & Talita in Sweden - where this exploitation is now outlawed 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
Sweden bans buying OnlyFans content - Euractiv
The new law criminalises paid online sexual services, including cam shows and sex chats.
www.euractiv.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Last week we hosted a discussion in Parliament on how policy makers should respond to sexual exploitation via 'camming' websites.
Our thanks to participants CEASE, Dr Elly Hanson & Talita in Sweden - where this exploitation is now outlawed 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
Our thanks to participants CEASE, Dr Elly Hanson & Talita in Sweden - where this exploitation is now outlawed 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...
"Campaigners say ordering a woman to be sexually exploited has become as straightforward as ordering a takeaway online"
📰 'UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites'
@tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
📰 'UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites'
@tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites
Amendment to crime and policing bill would make it criminal offence to profit from selling sex online
www.theguardian.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"Campaigners say ordering a woman to be sexually exploited has become as straightforward as ordering a takeaway online"
📰 'UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites'
@tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
📰 'UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites'
@tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Shocking investigation by Sky News uncovers thousands of indicators of trafficking on two of UK's biggest websites advertising prostitution
👉 This is why @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social MP's parliamentary proposal to outlaw pimping websites is so urgent
news.sky.com/story/orderi...
👉 This is why @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social MP's parliamentary proposal to outlaw pimping websites is so urgent
news.sky.com/story/orderi...
'Ordering a woman to be sexually exploited is as easy as ordering a takeaway': How trafficking victims are being sold online
A Sky News investigation uncovers thousands of potential indicators of sexual exploitation on two of the UK's most prominent adult service websites.
news.sky.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Shocking investigation by Sky News uncovers thousands of indicators of trafficking on two of UK's biggest websites advertising prostitution
👉 This is why @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social MP's parliamentary proposal to outlaw pimping websites is so urgent
news.sky.com/story/orderi...
👉 This is why @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social MP's parliamentary proposal to outlaw pimping websites is so urgent
news.sky.com/story/orderi...
50+ MPs have backed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's vital amendments to bust the business model of sex trafficking.
⛓️ Day in, day out, women are being sexually exploited across the UK - driven by demand from sex buyers & pimping websites that enjoy impunity.
⛓️ Day in, day out, women are being sexually exploited across the UK - driven by demand from sex buyers & pimping websites that enjoy impunity.
June 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
50+ MPs have backed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's vital amendments to bust the business model of sex trafficking.
⛓️ Day in, day out, women are being sexually exploited across the UK - driven by demand from sex buyers & pimping websites that enjoy impunity.
⛓️ Day in, day out, women are being sexually exploited across the UK - driven by demand from sex buyers & pimping websites that enjoy impunity.
'I survived years of exploitation - sick online supermarkets of the vulnerable must be shut'
Mia de Faoite on why she backs @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendments to outlaw pimping websites & paying for sex and decriminalise victims.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Mia de Faoite on why she backs @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendments to outlaw pimping websites & paying for sex and decriminalise victims.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'I survived vile exploitation - sick supermarkets of the vulnerable must shut'
Mia de Faoite, who endured years of harrowing abuse and exploitation, says prostitution laws must be torn up and so-called 'pimping websites' have to be closed down
www.mirror.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
'I survived years of exploitation - sick online supermarkets of the vulnerable must be shut'
Mia de Faoite on why she backs @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendments to outlaw pimping websites & paying for sex and decriminalise victims.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Mia de Faoite on why she backs @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendments to outlaw pimping websites & paying for sex and decriminalise victims.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
This week we hosted a vital discussion in Parliament with leading charities delivering best practice support & exiting services for women experiencing commercial sexual exploitation.
Thank you to Kairos WWT, Nia, Women@thewell, FiLiA & Women's Support Project 👏
Thank you to Kairos WWT, Nia, Women@thewell, FiLiA & Women's Support Project 👏
May 7, 2025 at 11:02 AM
This week we hosted a vital discussion in Parliament with leading charities delivering best practice support & exiting services for women experiencing commercial sexual exploitation.
Thank you to Kairos WWT, Nia, Women@thewell, FiLiA & Women's Support Project 👏
Thank you to Kairos WWT, Nia, Women@thewell, FiLiA & Women's Support Project 👏
Reposted by APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Our children are growing up on violent, misogynistic, and paedophilic-adjacent pornography online.
That's why I've tabled amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill to ensure parity between offline and online pornography regulation.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
That's why I've tabled amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill to ensure parity between offline and online pornography regulation.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Porn websites face crackdown on violent and misogynistic content
MPs are backing plans to make the platforms subject to the same laws as ‘real world’ pornography
www.thetimes.com
May 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Our children are growing up on violent, misogynistic, and paedophilic-adjacent pornography online.
That's why I've tabled amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill to ensure parity between offline and online pornography regulation.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
That's why I've tabled amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill to ensure parity between offline and online pornography regulation.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
❌ Victims of sexual exploitation can face sanctions for soliciting, making it harder to seek help and rebuild their lives.
🖊️ Over 50 MPs have now signed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to end this.
🖊️ Over 50 MPs have now signed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to end this.
April 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
❌ Victims of sexual exploitation can face sanctions for soliciting, making it harder to seek help and rebuild their lives.
🖊️ Over 50 MPs have now signed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to end this.
🖊️ Over 50 MPs have now signed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to end this.
❌ Legal duties in the Online Safety Act to tackle illegal content do not apply to all pornography websites.
🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to fix this.
🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to fix this.
April 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
❌ Legal duties in the Online Safety Act to tackle illegal content do not apply to all pornography websites.
🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to fix this.
🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to fix this.
💻 Online pornography is subject to much weaker safeguards than offline pornography.
The result: violence against women is commonplace in online pornography.
🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to stop this. (1/2)
The result: violence against women is commonplace in online pornography.
🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to stop this. (1/2)
April 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
💻 Online pornography is subject to much weaker safeguards than offline pornography.
The result: violence against women is commonplace in online pornography.
🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to stop this. (1/2)
The result: violence against women is commonplace in online pornography.
🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to stop this. (1/2)
👏 Thank you to the 50+ MPs who have called on Government to combat commercial sexual exploitation through the Crime & Policing Bill.
❌ Our laws to deter demand, prosecute perpetrators and support victims are not fit for purpose.
It's time for change.
❌ Our laws to deter demand, prosecute perpetrators and support victims are not fit for purpose.
It's time for change.
April 3, 2025 at 11:12 AM
👏 Thank you to the 50+ MPs who have called on Government to combat commercial sexual exploitation through the Crime & Policing Bill.
❌ Our laws to deter demand, prosecute perpetrators and support victims are not fit for purpose.
It's time for change.
❌ Our laws to deter demand, prosecute perpetrators and support victims are not fit for purpose.
It's time for change.
"Online pornographers have been a law unto themselves, profiting from grossly misogynistic and violent pornography with impunity."
Read our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's
statement on today's publication of the Pornography Review 👇
Read our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's
statement on today's publication of the Pornography Review 👇
February 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
"Online pornographers have been a law unto themselves, profiting from grossly misogynistic and violent pornography with impunity."
Read our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's
statement on today's publication of the Pornography Review 👇
Read our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's
statement on today's publication of the Pornography Review 👇
Today in Parliament @carolynharris.bsky.social highlighted "websites allowing men to rate and review the women for whom they're paying for sex, including admissions of trafficking, underage sex and rape"
📺 Watch @appg-cse.bsky.social's Vice Chair question the Gov on demand for sexual exploitation 👇
📺 Watch @appg-cse.bsky.social's Vice Chair question the Gov on demand for sexual exploitation 👇
February 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Today in Parliament @carolynharris.bsky.social highlighted "websites allowing men to rate and review the women for whom they're paying for sex, including admissions of trafficking, underage sex and rape"
📺 Watch @appg-cse.bsky.social's Vice Chair question the Gov on demand for sexual exploitation 👇
📺 Watch @appg-cse.bsky.social's Vice Chair question the Gov on demand for sexual exploitation 👇
Pimping websites "make it as easy to order a woman to exploit as it is to order a takeaway."
Today @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social powerfully called on @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social @damedianajohnson.bsky.social
to update anti-pimping legislation to outlaw pimping websites 👏
Today @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social powerfully called on @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social @damedianajohnson.bsky.social
to update anti-pimping legislation to outlaw pimping websites 👏
February 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Pimping websites "make it as easy to order a woman to exploit as it is to order a takeaway."
Today @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social powerfully called on @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social @damedianajohnson.bsky.social
to update anti-pimping legislation to outlaw pimping websites 👏
Today @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social powerfully called on @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social @damedianajohnson.bsky.social
to update anti-pimping legislation to outlaw pimping websites 👏
📺 Watch @carolynharris.bsky.social question the Government on tackling demand today from 2.30pm 👉 parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Without demand from men who pay for sex, there would be no 'supply' of women to be abused in the prostitution and sex trafficking trade.
🗓️ On Monday 24 Feb our Vice Chair @carolynharris.bsky.social will ask the Government during Home Office Qs what action it is taking to reduce demand.
🗓️ On Monday 24 Feb our Vice Chair @carolynharris.bsky.social will ask the Government during Home Office Qs what action it is taking to reduce demand.
February 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
📺 Watch @carolynharris.bsky.social question the Government on tackling demand today from 2.30pm 👉 parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Without demand from men who pay for sex, there would be no 'supply' of women to be abused in the prostitution and sex trafficking trade.
🗓️ On Monday 24 Feb our Vice Chair @carolynharris.bsky.social will ask the Government during Home Office Qs what action it is taking to reduce demand.
🗓️ On Monday 24 Feb our Vice Chair @carolynharris.bsky.social will ask the Government during Home Office Qs what action it is taking to reduce demand.
February 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Without demand from men who pay for sex, there would be no 'supply' of women to be abused in the prostitution and sex trafficking trade.
🗓️ On Monday 24 Feb our Vice Chair @carolynharris.bsky.social will ask the Government during Home Office Qs what action it is taking to reduce demand.
🗓️ On Monday 24 Feb our Vice Chair @carolynharris.bsky.social will ask the Government during Home Office Qs what action it is taking to reduce demand.
This is not an official feed of Parliament. It has not been approved by either House. APPGs are informal groups of Parliamentarians with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed are those of the group.
February 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This is not an official feed of Parliament. It has not been approved by either House. APPGs are informal groups of Parliamentarians with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed are those of the group.