In 2021, the Revenge Porn Helpline, run by the Safer Internet Center in the United Kingdom, received 4,406 reports for non-consensual image sharing and intimate blackmail. Between 2019 and 2021, reports to the Revenge Porn Helpline grew by over 160 percent. In recent years, the increase in usage of online communication systems during the COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by an increase in cases of so-called "revenge porn" crimes and online intimate image abuse. At the beginning of 2022, 27 percent of online intimate image abuse victims in the UK were women aged between 30 and 39 years.
Number of reports submitted to the Revenge Porn Helpline service in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021
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UK Safer Internet Centre. (May 20, 2022). Number of reports submitted to the Revenge Porn Helpline service in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365046/revenge-porn-helpline-uk/
UK Safer Internet Centre. "Number of reports submitted to the Revenge Porn Helpline service in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021." Chart. May 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365046/revenge-porn-helpline-uk/
UK Safer Internet Centre. (2022). Number of reports submitted to the Revenge Porn Helpline service in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365046/revenge-porn-helpline-uk/
UK Safer Internet Centre. "Number of Reports Submitted to The Revenge Porn Helpline Service in The United Kingdom (Uk) from 2018 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365046/revenge-porn-helpline-uk/
UK Safer Internet Centre, Number of reports submitted to the Revenge Porn Helpline service in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365046/revenge-porn-helpline-uk/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Number of reports submitted to the Revenge Porn Helpline service in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2018 to 2021 [Graph], UK Safer Internet Centre, May 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1365046/revenge-porn-helpline-uk/
