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
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
👏👏👏
🚫 Collaboration between the National Crime Agency, Home Office & pimping websites has failed
🚫 Ofcom guidance for pimping websites is wholly inadequate
🚫Trafficking cannot be ‘designed out’ of the platforms
✅ There is strong cross-party support for outlawing online pimping
(2/2)
🚫 Ofcom guidance for pimping websites is wholly inadequate
🚫Trafficking cannot be ‘designed out’ of the platforms
✅ There is strong cross-party support for outlawing online pimping
(2/2)
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🚫 Collaboration between the National Crime Agency, Home Office & pimping websites has failed
🚫 Ofcom guidance for pimping websites is wholly inadequate
🚫Trafficking cannot be ‘designed out’ of the platforms
✅ There is strong cross-party support for outlawing online pimping
(2/2)
🚫 Ofcom guidance for pimping websites is wholly inadequate
🚫Trafficking cannot be ‘designed out’ of the platforms
✅ There is strong cross-party support for outlawing online pimping
(2/2)
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)
❌ Advises police to use the ideological term ‘sex work’
❌ Undermines enforcement against sexual exploitation
❌ Provides scant detail on targeting sex buyers
Forces should look to Police Scotland's best practice, which responds to prostitution as violence against women. (2/2)
❌ Undermines enforcement against sexual exploitation
❌ Provides scant detail on targeting sex buyers
Forces should look to Police Scotland's best practice, which responds to prostitution as violence against women. (2/2)
November 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
❌ Advises police to use the ideological term ‘sex work’
❌ Undermines enforcement against sexual exploitation
❌ Provides scant detail on targeting sex buyers
Forces should look to Police Scotland's best practice, which responds to prostitution as violence against women. (2/2)
❌ Undermines enforcement against sexual exploitation
❌ Provides scant detail on targeting sex buyers
Forces should look to Police Scotland's best practice, which responds to prostitution as violence against women. (2/2)
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)
Guidance by Ofcom:
❌ allows high-risk practices on websites that enable sex trafficking, like third parties advertising multiple women for prostitution
❌ normalises commercial sexual exploitation as "sex work"
Concerns raised by MPs have been repeatedly ignored. 2/2
❌ allows high-risk practices on websites that enable sex trafficking, like third parties advertising multiple women for prostitution
❌ normalises commercial sexual exploitation as "sex work"
Concerns raised by MPs have been repeatedly ignored. 2/2
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Guidance by Ofcom:
❌ allows high-risk practices on websites that enable sex trafficking, like third parties advertising multiple women for prostitution
❌ normalises commercial sexual exploitation as "sex work"
Concerns raised by MPs have been repeatedly ignored. 2/2
❌ allows high-risk practices on websites that enable sex trafficking, like third parties advertising multiple women for prostitution
❌ normalises commercial sexual exploitation as "sex work"
Concerns raised by MPs have been repeatedly ignored. 2/2
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 👇
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.
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 👏
Victims of sexual exploitation require support, not sanctions.
🙏 Thank you to the 50+ MPs who have signed Tonia Antoniazzi MP's amendment to stop women being punished for their own exploitation.
🙏 Thank you to the 50+ MPs who have signed Tonia Antoniazzi MP's amendment to stop women being punished for their own exploitation.
April 14, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Victims of sexual exploitation require support, not sanctions.
🙏 Thank you to the 50+ MPs who have signed Tonia Antoniazzi MP's amendment to stop women being punished for their own exploitation.
🙏 Thank you to the 50+ MPs who have signed Tonia Antoniazzi MP's amendment to stop women being punished for their own exploitation.
❌ 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.
🙏 Thank you to the *50* MPs who have signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to extend Online Safety Act duties to tackle illegal content to all pornography sites.
👉 Find out more about action needed to combat the harms of the pornography trade appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...
👉 Find out more about action needed to combat the harms of the pornography trade appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...
April 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
🙏 Thank you to the *50* MPs who have signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to extend Online Safety Act duties to tackle illegal content to all pornography sites.
👉 Find out more about action needed to combat the harms of the pornography trade appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...
👉 Find out more about action needed to combat the harms of the pornography trade appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...
❌ 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.
🙏 Thank you to the *50* MPs who have signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to extend offline safeguards to online pornography.
📝 This change was recommended by Baroness Bertin's Pornography Review and our inquiry on pornography.
👉 Find out more appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u... (2/2)
📝 This change was recommended by Baroness Bertin's Pornography Review and our inquiry on pornography.
👉 Find out more appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u... (2/2)
April 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
🙏 Thank you to the *50* MPs who have signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to extend offline safeguards to online pornography.
📝 This change was recommended by Baroness Bertin's Pornography Review and our inquiry on pornography.
👉 Find out more appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u... (2/2)
📝 This change was recommended by Baroness Bertin's Pornography Review and our inquiry on pornography.
👉 Find out more appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u... (2/2)
💻 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 👏
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.