Clare McGlynn

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The closure caused an increase in The Number of people who contact The Revenge Porn Helpline, the government-funded service experience for adult intimate Abuse .

traffic to the helpline, the website, almost doubled in the week beginning Monday, 23. March, and further cases were opened in The Following four weeks than in all the previous four-week period.

activists are calling for additional funding for the helpline, which deal with only two full-time employees, in order to help with the increased workload.

Intimate picture of the Abuse or The Threat of it - is a way a child can be difficult to impose change are still in control even if you are not isolated, with your partner or ex-partner.

Stress, break-ups and the loss of a job can all aggravate existing abusive behavior and Coercive Control , says Clare Mcglynn , Professor of law at the University of Durham.

she attributes the increase in cases of intimate image Abuse "the increased use of The Internet and Social Media , as well as heightened emotions" in Lockdown .

Sophie Mortimer, manager of The Revenge Porn Helpline, told The Bbc that More Than half of the cases, since the Lockdown is clearly their origin in "an abusive or controlling relationship".

"The Level of stress should not be underestimated. We frequently hear from people who said our help, that you consider suicide or self-injure, the effects of the Abuse seems so overwhelming," She Said .

', More time for vindictive "

When the message lights up your phone, Ava, 21, began to fall immediately in a panic.

It read, "Can't even get the same satisfaction from leaking your file now you're a real hoe [whore]. "

Surely he was bluffing, she recalls thinking.

"to read the I don't care what happens to me, as long as I ruin your life," a different message.

It quickly became clear that her ex was angry about the fact that you isolate yourself with her new boyfriend, and his threats had to post intimate pictures and videos of her two-year-long relationship, taken seriously.

"I cried hysterically, I felt so sick, I had to attack a full-on panic, I couldn't breathe," she says.

Because of Ava and her ex work together, she had to tell her manager. She told her family. "It was absolutely heartbreaking," she says.

Ava thinks for a given block, your ex "more time to be vindictive".

"I walk my days through the various porn sites, just in case. I just feel worthless, it made me feel like I just want to disappear. "

The Revenge Porn Helpline has opened More Than 200 cases in The Four weeks from March 23, and more last week than in any week since 2015, when it came into existence as a result of § 33 of the " Criminal Justice and Courts Act - The Law , the intimate image of an offence of Abuse is, for the First Time .

aid agencies Abuse are concerned that an effect of blocking an increase in "sexting" of pairs, not in isolation, together, which increases the probability of intimate image, as a result.

and this relates to under 18-year-old, The Incident falls under the Sexual offences Act , and to share the offender may be guilty of the serious charge, indecent picture of a minor.

The Internet Watch Foundation, an organisation that said far sexual Abuse images online, said: "We Are very concerned that the growing number of children online, as well as an increased number of criminals that can take advantage of this could be children in danger. "

Tink Palmer CEO of Marie Collins Foundation, urges parents and guardians not to "victim blame," if your child shows that you are The Victim of Abuse .

"The Revenge Porn Helpline do a great job and support The Victim in getting content from sites and to support you in the emotional support. The helpline earns a lot More Than they currently get as a cases, the increase in the funding should follow," said Kate Isaacs, the founder of #NotYourPorn, which campaigns for stronger regulation of pornography sites.

'A steady stream of fresh porn'

A week after the UK-wide Lockdown was announced, Maya, 25, woke up to an influx of friend requests from men they don't know. Her stomach dropped, it was happening again.

For the First Time since Last Summer , acts taken, when she was a teenager, had rebooked used a well-known website intimate Abuse . Your full name and your school in the captions.

she discovered a message at The Top of the website: "currently, We have a 24-hour backlog of memberships due to The Sheer number. Keep up The Amazing release everyone... We would like to thank each of our contributors, users for all of the trouble to all of us a steady stream of fresh porn, views over the lock, which with the around The World . "

Maya is concerned, your images will be shared and more people seen This Time , because of the blocking.

"Every time you come, I get so worried about someone to see you, and how that might actually impact on my work as A Teacher . Now I feel like they keep it all The Time . "

If a site is hosted abroad, The Police in the UK still doing little to help. Instead, the victims have to go through a complicated procedure, ask site admins to delete the posts. Maya was shown how these were dismantled by The Revenge Porn Helpline and the images now.

The Revenge Porn Helpline, said: "The Hotline is busier than ever, but The Service is very open to offer help, advice and support. "

A Home Office spokesman for all victims of intimate image called the Abuse of The Police report.

the comments will be given on The Call to the Hotline, additional resources, the spokesperson said: "We already provide funding to The National revenge Porn Helpline and We Are in close contact with charities, to ensure that it announced the offer for the £750m support for The Charity sector. "

But manager Sophie Mortimer said, you have Not Yet heard whether the helpline would be entitled to any of the government's charity support package.

'I feel safer, knowing he will not come to My House '

Louise's ex-boyfriend posted intimate pictures and videos of her on Snapchat, just prior to the Lockdown a week after you broke up.

the people then sent the 24-year-old screenshots of her ex threatened to "pay someone to rape you" and a voice, the note, in which he vividly described how he would. her in The Street

"When it first happened, I Hard - I was really suicidal and felt so trapped because I knew what to do," she says.

"I don't know if he posted them Anywhere Else , I don't know if he sold the video on the websites. It is something completely outside of My Control . "

On the 30. March Louise reported him to The Police , because the Lockdown made them feel safer. "I've seen what he gets like when he's angry, and I'm really afraid of him, but I knew since we were in Lockdown , he would not come to My House . "

The Police said there was not enough evidence to continue the case.

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Source of news: bbc.com