Member

Amendment 284 tackles the abusive practice of semen images, where men are covering women’s images in semen, whether AI or real, and sharing them online. I am very grateful to the Government for the constructive way they have worked with me on this, particularly Minister Davies-Jones. I am very pleased with Amendment 278 that the Government have brought forward. However, I am keen, for the purposes of the parliamentary record, that the Minister addresses the confusion that seems to be taking place when women are reporting this to police. One victim and the inspirational campaigner Jess Davies this January went to the police with an image that had been created and shared of her. The perpetrator had edited her image so her tongue was sticking out and placed white liquid in her mouth to emulate semen. She said: