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New law recommendations include creating specific cyberflashing sexual offence

By Press Association 2021 A person with a phone on public transport Cyberflashing should be made a sexual offence, with a new law created covering “pile-on” harassment over the internet, the body responsible for reviewing legislation has said. The Law Commission said existing rules governing online abusive behaviour are not working as effectively as they should, and it made a raft of recommendations. The body said existing offences are “ineffective at criminalising genuinely harmful behaviour” and in some instances disproportionately interfere with freedom of expression. Professor Penney Lewis, criminal law commissioner at the Law Commission said: “Online abuse can cause untold harm to those targeted and change is needed to ensure we are protecting victims from abuse such as cyberflashing and pile-on harassment.

Cyberflashing should be new criminal offence, review suggests

Law Commission warns of ‘untold’ harm through online abuse such as unsolicited obscene images Existing British laws do not always tackle harmful online behaviour yet can also interfere with freedom of expression, says Law Commission. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Existing British laws do not always tackle harmful online behaviour yet can also interfere with freedom of expression, says Law Commission. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wed 21 Jul 2021 01.01 EDT Last modified on Wed 21 Jul 2021 01.02 EDT Unsolicited sending of obscene images should be made illegal through the creation of a new offence of cyberflashing, a UK government-commissioned review recommended. The Law Commission said that while the Sexual Offences Act criminalised exposure of genitals it was not sufficiently clear whether that covered images or video recordings.

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