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Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Georgia Harrison to be awarded an MBE after campaigning on tackling violence against women following ex Stephen Bear's imprisonment
Georgia Harrison will be awarded an MBE for her campaigning efforts on tackling violence against women and girls. MailOnline can reveal the former Love Island star, 30, discovered she had made the King's Birthday Honours list a few weeks ago and is set to officially receive the accolade during the royal's annual celebrations later this month. The reality favourite turned documentary maker, who's currently expecting her first baby, is being recognised after dedicating her career to raising awareness of 'revenge porn' and issues surrounding consent, with the overall aim of improving online safety. In 2020, Celebrity Big Brother 's Stephen Bear shared explicit footage of Georgia on his OnlyFans profile without her consent and after successfully taking him to court, the Love Island: All Stars contestant was granted record damages of £207,900, the highest ever sum awarded in an image abuse case. Stephen, 35, famed for his appearances on TV show Ex on the Beach, was found guilty of voyeurism and disclosing private, sexual photographs and films, and was handed a 22-month prison sentence in 2022. After serving just half of his prison time, Stephen was released in January, but Georgia continues to campaign for women and girls following the painful 'violation' of her privacy. The former Love Island star discovered she had made the King's Birthday Honours list a few weeks ago and is set to officially receive the accolade during the royal's annual celebrations A source told MailOnline: 'Georgia is incredibly proud to receive such an honour. 'She has been campaigning and working hard for many years now, to be recognised for her efforts means everything to her. 'Georgia will continue to raise awareness, hopefully this will be the beginning of more improvements for women and girls and their fight for online safety.' The TV star has been at the centre of two ITV documentaries, Revenge Porn, and Porn, Power, Profit, which explored both her own personal experience and how predators make money from the industry. Georgia has spoken out about how she felt 'ashamed', 'violated', and 'used' after the recording of her having sex with Stephen went viral including on an endless list of porn websites. Speaking in Revenge Porn, Essex-born Georgia said: 'Two years ago, my life changed forever when CCTV footage of me having sex with Stephen Bear went viral. He filmed and shared it without my consent then tried to deny it was me… 'I think I expected some form of empathy, remorse, maybe that he would realise what he had done… what a slap in the face that on top of everything, he thought he could lie his way publicly through this.' On her decision to waive her right to anonymity, Georgia said ahead of speaking in court: 'Hopefully one day, girls can look at me and think 'She went in there and done it, she was strong. We can do it.' In 2023, Georgia attended a meeting at No 10 among other celebrities to discuss online abuse with Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan. Georgia was one of the voices that helped to establish the Online Safety Act 2023, which aims to make the internet safer for users by placing new duties on service providers. During the recorded meeting, Georgia explained how there needs to be more in place for victims of online crimes as well as support for those going through the legal process. She said: 'So many victims give up during the process because it is just too much for them, or they are not sure if they are doing or saying the right thing. Sometimes they feel like they are getting victim blamed slightly 'If they just had someone to lean on during the process they would not feel so much like they have to withdraw, they would have an inner strength in them, and they would have advice on what to do and what to say along the timeline of events.'
CBS News
25-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
New federal law that cracks down on deepfake revenge porn images inspired by North Texas teen
A North Texas teenager and her mother who pushed for a new law to crackdown on revenge porn and deepfake images celebrated during a bill signing ceremony at the White House last Monday. Elliston Berry, 16, and her mother Anna McAdams of Aledo, stood next to President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas who led the bipartisan effort to pass the bill along with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota. In an interview for Eye On Politics Berry said, "Being able to stand up there with the President and First Lady having them sign this bill that is really protecting people is so rewarding, especially because my mom and I spent the last year and a half fighting and getting in contact with people in order to have some sort of security and protection implemented." McAdams agreed. "It was just a full circle moment for both of us I think, realizing that our voices were heard and now we have protections in place. We never believed that that could ever happen and here we are. It was bigger than we ever imagined it to be. We felt so blessed to be there with the President and First Lady." The Take It Down Act makes it a federal crime to post and threaten to post real or fake intimate images without a person's consent. Social media platforms will also have to remove these images within 48 hours of being requested to do so. This crack down came after Berry became a victim when a fellow classmate at Aledo High School placed the fake images of her and other girls online, where they remained for nine months. With the help of Senator Cruz, those images were pulled down. Watch Eye On Politics at 7:30 Sunday morning on CBS News Texas on air and streaming Follow Jack on X: @cbs11jack
Fast Company
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Fast Company
Trump signs a bipartisan bill targeting revenge porn and AI-generated sexual images
President Donald Trump signed the TAKE IT DOWN Act into law on Monday, strengthening federal protections for victims of revenge porn and AI-generated sexual images. The bill, introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, makes it illegal to 'knowingly publish' or threaten to share nonconsensual intimate imagery—whether real or generated by artificial intelligence—without the person's consent. It also requires tech platforms to remove such images within 48 hours of being notified and to take steps to eliminate duplicate content. Previously, federal law only banned the creation or distribution of realistic, AI-generated explicit images of children, while protections for adults varied by state. As a result, laws differed in how the crime was classified and penalized, leading to inconsistent criminal prosecutions. Some victims also struggled to have images taken down from websites. This legislation, which garnered overwhelming bipartisan support, marks the first federal law aimed at protecting adult victims. Now, people who post such content and are convicted could face penalties and prison time. The Federal Trade Commission could also sue tech companies for not complying with the law, Axios reports. 'We must provide victims of online abuse with the legal protections they need when intimate images are shared without their consent, especially now that deepfakes are creating horrifying new opportunities for abuse,' Klobuchar said in a statement after the bill passed in Congress. 'These images can ruin lives and reputations, but now that our bipartisan legislation is becoming law, victims will be able to have this material removed from social media platforms and law enforcement can hold perpetrators accountable.' Tech giants have expressed broad support for the bill. Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, joined Snap, Google, Microsoft, TikTok, X, Amazon, Bumble, and Match Group in backing the legislation. 'Having an intimate image—real or AI-generated—shared without consent can be devastating and Meta developed and backs many efforts to help prevent it,' Meta spokesman Andy Stone said in a statement in March. First Lady Melania Trump has also championed the TAKE IT DOWN Act, lobbying lawmakers and speaking with teenage victims. She appeared alongside Trump at the bill's signing. 'It's heartbreaking to witness young teens, especially girls, grappling with the overwhelming challenges posed by malicious online content like deepfakes,' the First Lady said in March. 'Every young person deserves a safe online space to express themselves free without the looming threat of exploitation or harm.'
Daily Mail
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Melania SIGNS 'powerful' new law protecting victims from revenge porn in unusual move next to Trump and his closest allies
Melania Trump touted her first major legislative success on Monday, when she joined President Donald Trump and signed alongside him the Take It Down Act into law. The first lady championed the legislation, which outlaws revenge porn, and met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to lobby for its passage. Melania spoke first at the Rose Garden signing ceremony, calling the legislation a 'national victory that will help parents and families protect children from online exploitation.' 'This legislation is a powerful step forward in our efforts to ensure that every American, especially young people, can feel better protected from their image or identity being abused,' she continued. She called artificial intelligence and social media the 'digital candy for the next generation.' 'Sweet, addictive and engineered to have an impact on the cognitive development of our children,' the first lady explained. 'But unlike sugar, this new technologies can be weaponized, shape beliefs and sadly affect emotions and even be deadly.' The bill had the support of both Republicans and Democrats and the first lady cheered its biparisan nature. 'Thank you all for coming together to prioritize people over politics,' she said. In March, Melania had hosted women impacted by revenge porn in her box at the president's joint address before Congress. Two of those women, Francesca Mani and Elliston Berry, were in the Rose Garden audience on Monday. The president called attention to Berry and Mani when he took Melania's place at the podium. He also gave shout-outs to the bill sponsors - Republicans Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Maria Salazar - and praised the bipartisan nature of the legislation. 'I'm not even sure you realize, honey, you know a lot of the Democrats and Republicans don't get along,' Trump told Melania. Other Rose Garden attendees included Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins, Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler, South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, FBI Director Kash Patel, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. Melania Trump will continue to work on issues affecting children, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, praising her work on the bill. 'The First Lady met with members in the House and the Senate survivors and their families throughout the process to get this bill across the finish line. We are grateful for the First Lady's hard work and dedication to this issue, and moving forward, she will continue to champion the well-being of our nation's children through her Be Best agenda,' Leavitt said. The first lady revived her Be Best campaign, which focuses on the welfare of children, when she returned to the White House in January. The Take It Down Act is its first major success story of her second term as first lady. The act increases protections for victims of non-consensual sharing of sexual images known as 'revenge pornography' and that includes content generated by artificial intelligence, also known as deepfake porn. It also requires websites to make a reasonable effort to take down the images within 48 hours of a complaint being filed. Melania Trump made a rare trip to Capitol Hill in March to lobby for the bill. She joined Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, its sponsor, at a roundtable to promote the legislation. One of the victims at that event later joined Melania Trump in her box when the president made a Joint Session of Congress. Berry, 15, testified about the dangers of deepfake porn. She said she was just 14 when a classmate used AI to edit a photo from social media into a nude photo with her head attached to it. 'I was 14 years old when I was violated all over social media,' she said. 'I came here today to not only promote this bill but to fight for the many survivors. It is so inspiring to know that my voice is being heard, giving hope to not only me, to all the many people that have been affected by this. It is truly so amazing how this awful situation has turned to good,' she added.
BBC News
14-05-2025
- BBC News
The Documentary Podcast BBC Trending: Are we dating the same person?
At the start of 2025, a chat appeared on the encrypted messaging app Telegram. It was named Are We Dating The Same Girl? At first only a few hundred people joined. Soon that was thousands, and its content went from details of young women's dating history, to revenge porn - sexually explicit videos and images. BBC Trending traces the Telegram group's origins back to Are We Dating the Same Guy? groups on Facebook. But how did they first come about? Why are they seen as an important safety tool for some and something that has ruined lives for others? And how did the idea spread to Telegram, with serious consequences?
