Matt Precey BBC News, Norfolk Matt Precey/BBC Cosey Fanni Tutti is a founding member of the band Throbbing Gristle and a radical performance artist It is fitting that we meet a woman once described as a “wrecker of civilisation” in the grounds of a ruined priory. Cosey Fanni Tutti, a founding member of the influential...
Liv McMahon Technology reporter Getty Images The EU is investigating Pornhub, Stripchat and two other pornography websites it believes may be falling foul of its online content laws. The European Commission said the sites, which also include XVideos and XNXX, did not appear to have measures in place to safeguard children and their rights. It...
An Amazonian tribe has sued the New York Times (NYT) over a report about the community gaining access to high-speed internet, which it claims led to its members being labelled as porn addicts. The defamation lawsuit said the US newspaper’s report portrayed the Marubo tribe as “unable to handle basic exposure to the internet” and...
Ofcom has launched investigations into two pornographic sites it believes may be falling foul of the UK’s newly introduced child safety rules. The regulator said two companies – including one running a so-called “nudifying” service – had failed to detail how they were preventing children from accessing their platforms. Ofcom announced in January that, in...
Jade Thompson – BBC News Investigations Divya Talwar – BBC News Investigations BBC Jasmine said she felt violated when intimate images of her were shared to several websites A record number of victims of so-called revenge porn reported intimate image abuse to a dedicated UK helpline last year. In 2024, the Revenge Porn Helpline, funded...
BBC Sir Gareth Southgate delivered this year’s Dimbleby Lecture Sir Gareth Southgate says he fears young men are spending too much time gaming, gambling and watching pornography – and they need better role models beyond online influencers. In a wide-ranging talk for the BBC’s annual Richard Dimbleby Lecture, the ex-England men’s football manager spoke about...