Prof Clare McGlynn
Professor of Law, Durham Uni and expert on violence against women and girls, particularly: #SexualViolence #metaverse #porn #cyberflashing #OnlineAbuse #ImageBasedSexualAbuse.
www.ClareMcGlynn.com
@McGlynnClare on the platform that looks much the same
- Surely it's unlawful to ask #Grok to 'put her in a bikini'? Many people have been asking about the legal position of the #Grok #X abuse of women and girls. There's been a lot of misunderstanding and confusion. Here's my take on the current law in the UK and how it applies... #nudify #bikini #enough
- Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynnIn Aug, @claremcglynn.bsky.social explained how AI and the big tech companies are exacerbating gender inequality, including enabling and profiting from widespread misogyny, pornography, and violence against women through technologies like deepfakes and ‘nudify’ apps: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
- Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynn📢 New week, new highlight of a member of our Advisory Council! 🟣 @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a Professor of Law at @durham.ac.uk, working on #TFGBV and influencing laws on image-based and #deepfake sexual abuse with her research. 🌟 Excited to have her on board!
- Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynnThis week I hosted some wonderful scholars for an interdisciplinary workshop on r*pe in law and culture. Thanks to @manongarcia.bsky.social @veragraf.bsky.social @claremcglynn.bsky.social and all the participants for making it such an enriching and encouraging exchange.
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- Article claims new law on sexual choking-strangulation targets 'hardcore BDSM'. But main concern is material on mainstream sites portraying it as safe & entirely lacking the safety protocols/consent of BDSM @arielledomb.bsky.social @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.newstatesman.com/politics/hea...
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- My comment in @theguardian.com on why the new law requiring porn and social media platforms to remove choking/strangulation content is very welcome.
- My dream today? That all the really clever and creative people working for the likes of Prnhub worked instead for regulators and government, using their talents and ideas to imagine and realise a world without abusive, misogynist, racist prn that was normalising sexual violence.
- Prnhub's PR as impressive as ever, with the media just lapping it up. No challenge to Prnhub's claims it's content is legal & consensual. What about all the sleep prn (aka rape) still there? It's T&C prohibit 'depicting' children, a cursory look finds a lot. It's the content that matters #despair
- Done an 'official' post - but actually now sharing this 😀 Can't emphasise how exciting it is for your ordinary academic to have their book featured like this - might even be that it's not just libraries that buy it😀 #Exposed 25% off for pre-orders this week www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
- 🔊New Book Announcement *Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back* pre-order now 🙂 Aims to spark debate about the misogynistic, racist & sexually violent nature of mainstream porn. Pre-order discount 14-17 Oct: 25% off with OCTOBER25 at Waterstones www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
- I argue that this is not just any porn, it's patriarchal porn — porn that eroticises inequality and blurs consent. It’s algorithmically promoted, endlessly accessible, and shaping our culture, politics, and freedoms in negative ways.
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- Deeply troubling article minimising the nature and extent of legal actions against the Tate brothers for rape and sexual assault. Peddling inaccuracies as well to bolster the argument is never a good look. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
- Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynnThe news of Conor Gearty's death has just been announced and I'm not coping. He was a mentor and the pole star in my constitutional thinking. He was also a great friend and fantastic fun to be around. I'm heartbroken for Aoife and the children.
- Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynnFellow feminists! I found this podcast with @claremcglynn.bsky.social eye-opening and inspiring—on big tech and gender inequality; the expressive value of criminal law; anticarceral feminism and kaleidoscopic justice; and how to cope as a feminist researcher working on “deeply despairing” material.
- On #NowandMen, @claremcglynn.bsky.social argues that the online world doesn't just reflect sexism & misogyny in society more broadly. From 'nudify' AI apps to strangulation in pornography it *turbocharges* it, because that suits the business model of the tech companies: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
- ChatGPT actually said to a suicidal teenager: 'would you want to write them [his parents] a letter? If you want, I'll help you with it' ChatGPT both suggests a suicide note and offers to write it. We could prevent this. It's not inevitable. It's a deliberate design choice.
- Want to know more about ChatGPT being sued for encouraging and assisting a teenager's suicide? Here's the full legal submissions from the parents #TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
- Want to know more about ChatGPT being sued for encouraging and assisting a teenager's suicide? Here's the full legal submissions from the parents #TriggerWarning it reproduces some of the chats where ChatGPT gave advice about different suicide methods www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...
- Intimate images are being shared on mainstream media, against the law in Serbia, to shame and silence women - and no action is being taken. Every day there are new stories about the extent of image abuse against women and girls #darktimes balkaninsight.com/2025/08/28/i...
- Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynnOn #NowandMen, @claremcglynn.bsky.social argues that the online world doesn't just reflect sexism & misogyny in society more broadly. From 'nudify' AI apps to strangulation in pornography it *turbocharges* it, because that suits the business model of the tech companies: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
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- On #NowandMen, @claremcglynn.bsky.social argues that the online world doesn't just reflect sexism & misogyny in society more broadly. From 'nudify' AI apps to strangulation in pornography it *turbocharges* it, because that suits the business model of the tech companies: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
- It's the content of p0rn that's the real problem - if the content was not racist, misogynistic and sexually violent, there would be far less concern re children's access. That's what we need to focus on. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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- Reposted by Prof Clare McGlynnAmidst all the public attention towards AI and the tech industry, something not being talked about nearly enough is how they are exacerbating gender inequality and violence against women. So how can we hold them to account? We discuss with @claremcglynn.bsky.social: nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
- "This is not misogyny by accident, it is by design" My comment on the latest example of AI tech being released without a care about its adverse uses and impacts, particularly on women and girls. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- My latest comment on - why we need to talk about 'sexual digital forgeries' not "deepfake p0rn." Terminology matters - it shapes our debates, laws and policies. Forgery underlines this is stealing someone's identity. with Ruya Tuna Toparlak journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/why-we-...
- Excellent article from Anna Moore emphasising the serious risks of choking/strangulation during sex, with my comments on the proposed regulation of depictions in prnography:
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- Proposed changes to restrict sexual strangulation in prn are very welcome. The Ministry of Justice says it's not yet able to say how it will be implemented. The obligations under the Online Safety Act are clear - this material will have to be removed. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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- Welcome Gov't announcement that sexual strangulation in prn is to be restricted. Action urgent as MRI evidence finds that frequent choking/ strangling is giving young women brain damage. We cannot dismiss this as a 'moral panic' unless we don't care about young women www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Each day brings new ways tech is used to abuse women & girls showing the gaps in the law. Some law reform suggestions here for New Zealand. Bigger question: how do we future-proof the law? My suggestion for a law on intimate intrusions in @flsjournal.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...
- My latest briefing on how the prevalence of sexual strangulation/choking risks serious harm to young women who are the unwitting guinea pigs of a large-scale experiment with their well-being. We need far better education and regulation. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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- I love this on #Barbie and constitutions and feminist analysis. It's creative, funny, inspiring as well as a direct call to change. Thanks for the very best of academic writing @ruthhoughton.bsky.social @aoifemod.bsky.social @colinmurray.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
- Words do matter. Positive change from Gloucester police 👍 on using the right terms to describe sexual abuse www.itv.com/news/westcou...
- Incest p*rn - the more I want to talk about it, the more I realise hardly anyone else does. So, I'm sharing again my comment in @theconversation.com in the hope that more might read it, and share my resolve to do more challenge it theconversation.com/why-incest-p...
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