Ofcom calls on tech firms to step up action against ‘revenge porn’

<p>Watchdog recommends use of ‘hash-matching’ to allow images to be identified at scale wherever they are shared</p><p>Tech platforms should combat the rapid rise in explicit deepfakes and “revenge porn” by using a database of images to protect women and girls online, according to new guidance being drawn up by the UK communications watchdog.</p><p>The move is part of a raft of measures proposed by Ofcom to tackle online misogyny, harassment and the sharing of intimate images without the subject’s consent – often referred to as “revenge porn”.</p><p>Women are five times more likely to be victims of intimate image abuse.</p><p>Nearly 70% of boys aged 11-14 have been exposed to online content that promotes misogyny and other harmful views.</p><p>Almost a quarter of teenage girls (23%) regularly see content that objectifies or demeans women.</p><p>Online domestic abuse is under-reported – half of survivors (49%) told no one about it.</p><p>Nearly three-quarters of respondents in a survey (73%) had experienced online threats and abuse.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/25/ofcom-calls-on-tech-firms-to-step-up-action-against-revenge-porn">Continue reading...</a>