Prof Clare McGlynn
@claremcglynn.bsky.social
Professor of Law, Durham Uni and expert on violence against women and girls, particularly: #SexualViolence #metaverse #porn #cyberflashing #OnlineAbuse #ImageBasedSexualAbuse.
www.ClareMcGlynn.com
@McGlynnClare on the platform that looks much the same
www.ClareMcGlynn.com
@McGlynnClare on the platform that looks much the same
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Why incest porn is more common and harmful than you think
New proposals recognise role incest porn plays in normalising and trivialising child sexual abuse.
theconversation.com
Incest porn? It's more common and harmful than you think.
My comment on the need to regulate this content and remove it online - as recommended in the Porn Review published today.
theconversation.com/why-incest-p...
My comment on the need to regulate this content and remove it online - as recommended in the Porn Review published today.
theconversation.com/why-incest-p...
Article claims new law on sexual choking-strangulation targets 'hardcore BDSM'. But main concern is material on mainstream sites portraying it as safe & entirely lacking the safety protocols/consent of BDSM @arielledomb.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
The choking porn ban is not enough
The government announced that it will prohibit "vile and dangerous" strangulation pornography
www.newstatesman.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Article claims new law on sexual choking-strangulation targets 'hardcore BDSM'. But main concern is material on mainstream sites portraying it as safe & entirely lacking the safety protocols/consent of BDSM @arielledomb.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
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My comment in @theguardian.com on why the new law requiring porn and social media platforms to remove choking/strangulation content is very welcome.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My comment in @theguardian.com on why the new law requiring porn and social media platforms to remove choking/strangulation content is very welcome.
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"..all the training data is around women's bodies. So if you put a man's image into the model, it would simply produce a man's head on a woman's body." Listen to the full episode with Baroness Charlotte Own podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"..all the training data is around women's bodies. So if you put a man's image into the model, it would simply produce a man's head on a woman's body." Listen to the full episode with Baroness Charlotte Own podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
My comment in @theguardian.com on why the new law requiring porn and social media platforms to remove choking/strangulation content is very welcome.
November 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My comment in @theguardian.com on why the new law requiring porn and social media platforms to remove choking/strangulation content is very welcome.
Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynn
Prnhub's PR as impressive as ever, with the media just lapping it up.
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
The owner of adult websites such as Pornhub told the Financial Times that traffic to the site dropped by more than three-quarters after tougher checks were put in place on.ft.com/3WSAoIa
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Prnhub's PR as impressive as ever, with the media just lapping it up.
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
My dream today? That all the really clever and creative people working for the likes of Prnhub worked instead for regulators and government, using their talents and ideas to imagine and realise a world without abusive, misogynist, racist prn that was normalising sexual violence.
a cartoon character says someday in front of a tent
ALT: a cartoon character says someday in front of a tent
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
My dream today? That all the really clever and creative people working for the likes of Prnhub worked instead for regulators and government, using their talents and ideas to imagine and realise a world without abusive, misogynist, racist prn that was normalising sexual violence.
Prnhub's PR as impressive as ever, with the media just lapping it up.
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
The owner of adult websites such as Pornhub told the Financial Times that traffic to the site dropped by more than three-quarters after tougher checks were put in place on.ft.com/3WSAoIa
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Prnhub's PR as impressive as ever, with the media just lapping it up.
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot.
It's the content that matters #despair
📢 Today, CDT Europe is proud to announce the creation of its new Advisory Council, an exciting milestone for our organisation as we strengthen our work at the intersection of #technology, policy, and democracy in Europe.
👇🏻 Read more on our website: cdt.org/insights/cdt...
👇🏻 Read more on our website: cdt.org/insights/cdt...
CDT Europe Announces Inaugural Advisory Council
The Advisory Council Membersto announce the creation of its new Advisory Council, an exciting milestone for our organisation as we strengthen our work at the intersection of technology, policy, and de...
cdt.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Done an 'official' post - but actually now sharing this 😀
Can't emphasise how exciting it is for your ordinary academic to have their book featured like this - might even be that it's not just libraries that buy it😀
#Exposed 25% off for pre-orders this week
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
Can't emphasise how exciting it is for your ordinary academic to have their book featured like this - might even be that it's not just libraries that buy it😀
#Exposed 25% off for pre-orders this week
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
October 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Done an 'official' post - but actually now sharing this 😀
Can't emphasise how exciting it is for your ordinary academic to have their book featured like this - might even be that it's not just libraries that buy it😀
#Exposed 25% off for pre-orders this week
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
Can't emphasise how exciting it is for your ordinary academic to have their book featured like this - might even be that it's not just libraries that buy it😀
#Exposed 25% off for pre-orders this week
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
🔊New Book Announcement *Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back* pre-order now 🙂
Aims to spark debate about the misogynistic, racist & sexually violent nature of mainstream porn.
Pre-order discount 14-17 Oct: 25% off with OCTOBER25 at Waterstones
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
Aims to spark debate about the misogynistic, racist & sexually violent nature of mainstream porn.
Pre-order discount 14-17 Oct: 25% off with OCTOBER25 at Waterstones
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
October 14, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🔊New Book Announcement *Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back* pre-order now 🙂
Aims to spark debate about the misogynistic, racist & sexually violent nature of mainstream porn.
Pre-order discount 14-17 Oct: 25% off with OCTOBER25 at Waterstones
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
Aims to spark debate about the misogynistic, racist & sexually violent nature of mainstream porn.
Pre-order discount 14-17 Oct: 25% off with OCTOBER25 at Waterstones
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
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Excited to announce that Kate Brown, Chief Crown Prosecutor at CPS will be speaking at our conference Children and Young People: Could strangulation be ‘choking’ future generations?
Excited to hear from her as well as MP Jess Phillips
Book your place here! ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...
Excited to hear from her as well as MP Jess Phillips
Book your place here! ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...
October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Excited to announce that Kate Brown, Chief Crown Prosecutor at CPS will be speaking at our conference Children and Young People: Could strangulation be ‘choking’ future generations?
Excited to hear from her as well as MP Jess Phillips
Book your place here! ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...
Excited to hear from her as well as MP Jess Phillips
Book your place here! ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...
Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynn
Professor @claremcglynn.bsky.social from our Law School played a key role in a deepfake sexual abuse case.
Her expert evidence helped secure a major penalty of over £220,000, recognising the serious harm caused by sharing fake explicit images.
Read more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Her expert evidence helped secure a major penalty of over £220,000, recognising the serious harm caused by sharing fake explicit images.
Read more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Professor @claremcglynn.bsky.social from our Law School played a key role in a deepfake sexual abuse case.
Her expert evidence helped secure a major penalty of over £220,000, recognising the serious harm caused by sharing fake explicit images.
Read more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Her expert evidence helped secure a major penalty of over £220,000, recognising the serious harm caused by sharing fake explicit images.
Read more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Deeply troubling article minimising the nature and extent of legal actions against the Tate brothers for rape and sexual assault. Peddling inaccuracies as well to bolster the argument is never a good look. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Women allegedly abused by Andrew Tate decry ‘misleading’ Spectator article
Complaint sent to Ipso over interview with ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother in Michael Gove-edited magazine
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Deeply troubling article minimising the nature and extent of legal actions against the Tate brothers for rape and sexual assault. Peddling inaccuracies as well to bolster the argument is never a good look. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
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The news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.
September 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
The news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.
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Fellow feminists! I found this podcast with @claremcglynn.bsky.social eye-opening and inspiring—on big tech and gender inequality; the expressive value of criminal law; anticarceral feminism and kaleidoscopic justice; and how to cope as a feminist researcher working on “deeply despairing” material.
On #NowandMen, @claremcglynn.bsky.social argues that the online world doesn't just reflect sexism & misogyny in society more broadly. From 'nudify' AI apps to strangulation in pornography it *turbocharges* it, because that suits the business model of the tech companies: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
September 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Fellow feminists! I found this podcast with @claremcglynn.bsky.social eye-opening and inspiring—on big tech and gender inequality; the expressive value of criminal law; anticarceral feminism and kaleidoscopic justice; and how to cope as a feminist researcher working on “deeply despairing” material.
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Want to know more about ChatGPT being sued for encouraging and assisting a teenager's suicide?
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
August 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Want to know more about ChatGPT being sued for encouraging and assisting a teenager's suicide?
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
ChatGPT actually said to a suicidal teenager: 'would you want to write them [his parents] a letter? If you want, I'll help you with it'
ChatGPT both suggests a suicide note and offers to write it.
We could prevent this. It's not inevitable. It's a deliberate design choice.
ChatGPT both suggests a suicide note and offers to write it.
We could prevent this. It's not inevitable. It's a deliberate design choice.
Want to know more about ChatGPT being sued for encouraging and assisting a teenager's suicide?
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
August 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
ChatGPT actually said to a suicidal teenager: 'would you want to write them [his parents] a letter? If you want, I'll help you with it'
ChatGPT both suggests a suicide note and offers to write it.
We could prevent this. It's not inevitable. It's a deliberate design choice.
ChatGPT both suggests a suicide note and offers to write it.
We could prevent this. It's not inevitable. It's a deliberate design choice.
Want to know more about ChatGPT being sued for encouraging and assisting a teenager's suicide?
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
August 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Want to know more about ChatGPT being sued for encouraging and assisting a teenager's suicide?
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
Here's the full legal submissions from the parents
#TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods
www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
Intimate images are being shared on mainstream media, against the law in Serbia, to shame and silence women - and no action is being taken.
Every day there are new stories about the extent of image abuse against women and girls #darktimes
balkaninsight.com/2025/08/28/i...
Every day there are new stories about the extent of image abuse against women and girls #darktimes
balkaninsight.com/2025/08/28/i...
August 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Intimate images are being shared on mainstream media, against the law in Serbia, to shame and silence women - and no action is being taken.
Every day there are new stories about the extent of image abuse against women and girls #darktimes
balkaninsight.com/2025/08/28/i...
Every day there are new stories about the extent of image abuse against women and girls #darktimes
balkaninsight.com/2025/08/28/i...
Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynn
On #NowandMen, @claremcglynn.bsky.social argues that the online world doesn't just reflect sexism & misogyny in society more broadly. From 'nudify' AI apps to strangulation in pornography it *turbocharges* it, because that suits the business model of the tech companies: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
August 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
On #NowandMen, @claremcglynn.bsky.social argues that the online world doesn't just reflect sexism & misogyny in society more broadly. From 'nudify' AI apps to strangulation in pornography it *turbocharges* it, because that suits the business model of the tech companies: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynn
Listen to @claremcglynn.bsky.social discuss how the online world turbocharges sexism and misogyny, on #NowAndMen with @thedailypanda.bsky.social
On #NowandMen, @claremcglynn.bsky.social argues that the online world doesn't just reflect sexism & misogyny in society more broadly. From 'nudify' AI apps to strangulation in pornography it *turbocharges* it, because that suits the business model of the tech companies: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
August 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Listen to @claremcglynn.bsky.social discuss how the online world turbocharges sexism and misogyny, on #NowAndMen with @thedailypanda.bsky.social
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August 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
August 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynn
It's the content of p0rn that's the real problem - if the content was not racist, misogynistic and sexually violent, there would be far less concern re children's access.
That's what we need to focus on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's what we need to focus on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds
Children’s commissioner for England says findings show little had improved despite new law and tech firms’ promises
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's the content of p0rn that's the real problem - if the content was not racist, misogynistic and sexually violent, there would be far less concern re children's access.
That's what we need to focus on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's what we need to focus on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It's the content of p0rn that's the real problem - if the content was not racist, misogynistic and sexually violent, there would be far less concern re children's access.
That's what we need to focus on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's what we need to focus on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds
Children’s commissioner for England says findings show little had improved despite new law and tech firms’ promises
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
It's the content of p0rn that's the real problem - if the content was not racist, misogynistic and sexually violent, there would be far less concern re children's access.
That's what we need to focus on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That's what we need to focus on.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...