APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation

Commercial sexual exploitation is taking place on an industrial scale

@appg-cse.bsky.social members are leading calls for Government action

📺 As Parliament's summer break approaches, check out what we've been doing to secure change 👇

Sweden bans buying OnlyFans content - Euractiv The new law criminalises paid online sexual services, including cam shows and sex chats.

Last week we hosted a discussion in Parliament on how policy makers should respond to sexual exploitation via 'camming' websites.

Our thanks to participants CEASE, Dr Elly Hanson & Talita in Sweden - where this exploitation is now outlawed 👇 www.euractiv.com/section/tech...

UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites Amendment to crime and policing bill would make it criminal offence to profit from selling sex online

"Campaigners say ordering a woman to be sexually exploited has become as straightforward as ordering a takeaway online"

📰 'UK politicians propose ban on pimping websites'

@tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social
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'Ordering a woman to be sexually exploited is as easy as ordering a takeaway': How trafficking victims are being sold online A Sky News investigation uncovers thousands of potential indicators of sexual exploitation on two of the UK's most prominent adult service websites.

Shocking investigation by Sky News uncovers thousands of indicators of trafficking on two of UK's biggest websites advertising prostitution

👉 This is why @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social MP's parliamentary proposal to outlaw pimping websites is so urgent

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50+ MPs have backed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's vital amendments to bust the business model of sex trafficking.

⛓️ Day in, day out, women are being sexually exploited across the UK - driven by demand from sex buyers & pimping websites that enjoy impunity.

'I survived vile exploitation - sick supermarkets of the vulnerable must shut' Mia de Faoite, who endured years of harrowing abuse and exploitation, says prostitution laws must be torn up and so-called 'pimping websites' have to be closed down

'I survived years of exploitation - sick online supermarkets of the vulnerable must be shut'

Mia de Faoite on why she backs @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendments to outlaw pimping websites & paying for sex and decriminalise victims.

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Participants spoke of the importance of

➡️ Asking women if they want support to exit
➡️ Providing long-term, holistic, women-only support
➡️ Recognising prostitution is violence against women
➡️ Dedicated funding from local authorities for exiting support

This week we hosted a vital discussion in Parliament with leading charities delivering best practice support & exiting services for women experiencing commercial sexual exploitation.

Thank you to Kairos WWT, Nia, Women@thewell, FiLiA & Women's Support Project 👏

Porn websites face crackdown on violent and misogynistic content MPs are backing plans to make the platforms subject to the same laws as ‘real world’ pornography

Our children are growing up on violent, misogynistic, and paedophilic-adjacent pornography online.

That's why I've tabled amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill to ensure parity between offline and online pornography regulation.

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Victims of sexual exploitation require support, not sanctions.

🙏 Thank you to the 50+ MPs who have signed Tonia Antoniazzi MP's amendment to stop women being punished for their own exploitation.

❌ Victims of sexual exploitation can face sanctions for soliciting, making it harder to seek help and rebuild their lives.

🖊️ Over 50 MPs have now signed @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to end this.

🙏 Thank you to the *50* MPs who have signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to extend Online Safety Act duties to tackle illegal content to all pornography sites.

👉 Find out more about action needed to combat the harms of the pornography trade appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...

❌ Legal duties in the Online Safety Act to tackle illegal content do not apply to all pornography websites.

🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to fix this.

🙏 Thank you to the *50* MPs who have signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to extend offline safeguards to online pornography.

📝 This change was recommended by Baroness Bertin's Pornography Review and our inquiry on pornography.

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💻 Online pornography is subject to much weaker safeguards than offline pornography.

The result: violence against women is commonplace in online pornography.

🖊️ 50 MPs have now signed Jess Asato MP's amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill to stop this. (1/2)

50+ MPs have so far signed amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill to combat commercial sexual exploitation.

👏 Thank you to the 50+ MPs who have called on Government to combat commercial sexual exploitation through the Crime & Policing Bill.

❌ Our laws to deter demand, prosecute perpetrators and support victims are not fit for purpose.

It's time for change.

A statement by the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation

"Online pornographers have been a law unto themselves, profiting from grossly misogynistic and violent pornography with impunity."

Read our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social's
statement on today's publication of the Pornography Review 👇

Today in Parliament @carolynharris.bsky.social highlighted "websites allowing men to rate and review the women for whom they're paying for sex, including admissions of trafficking, underage sex and rape"

📺 Watch @appg-cse.bsky.social's Vice Chair question the Gov on demand for sexual exploitation 👇

Pimping websites "make it as easy to order a woman to exploit as it is to order a takeaway."

Today @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social powerfully called on @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social @damedianajohnson.bsky.social
to update anti-pimping legislation to outlaw pimping websites 👏

📺 Watch @carolynharris.bsky.social question the Government on tackling demand today from 2.30pm 👉 parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

Without demand from men who pay for sex, there would be no 'supply' of women to be abused in the prostitution and sex trafficking trade.

🗓️ On Monday 24 Feb our Vice Chair @carolynharris.bsky.social will ask the Government during Home Office Qs what action it is taking to reduce demand.

This is not an official feed of Parliament. It has not been approved by either House. APPGs are informal groups of Parliamentarians with a common interest in particular issues. The views expressed are those of the group.