Television personality Georgia Harrison will tell MPs this week about the horrors of so-called 'revenge porn'.
The Love Island star is now one of Britain's most prominent campaigners against the publication of intimate images online without the consent of those involved.
She gained national attention for the issue when she waived her right to anonymity during the prosecution of her ex-partner, Stephen Bear.
Intimate CCTV footage of the pair in his garden – recorded without her knowledge – was uploaded to the OnlyFans website.
Bear was found guilty in 2022 of voyeurism and making public private sexual images with intent to cause distress. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison – of which he served 10 and a half months – and in March was hit with a £22,305 confiscation order. .
Next Wednesday, Ms Harrison will testify before Westminster's Women and Equality Committee. MPs will also take aim at Keily Blair, the CEO of OnlyFans.
Ms Harrison, who is known for her appearance in The Only Way is Essex, has said that unauthorized sharing of intimate images “makes you feel completely worthless” because “people look at you and take sexual satisfaction from you and it has gotten completely out of hand.” of your control”.
MPs will also hear from David Wright, director of the UK Safer Internet Centre.
He wants the law to be tightened “to ensure that non-consensual intimate images cannot be viewed online.”
He blamed a “hole in the justice system” and said that “the UK Revenge Porn helpline alone currently has 30,000 URLs with non-consensually shared intimate content that we cannot remove”.
But a government spokesperson says that when the full measures of the Online Safety Act come into force, this will “require sites to block access to websites hosting illegal, non-consensual intimate images if ordered to do so by a court through the powers from Ofcom,” adding: “We are also cracking down on abusers who share intimate images of someone without their consent, by giving police and prosecutors the powers they need to bring these cowards to justice.”
Companies could face fines of up to £18 million or 10 percent of global turnover.
The government said last year that one in seven women and one in nine men aged 18 to 34 had faced “threats to share intimate images”, with police reporting between April 2015 and December 2021.
An OnlyFans spokesperson said: “We are pleased to have been invited to the committee to share our groundbreaking work and expertise in online safety. We look forward to discussing the steps all social media companies can and should take to better protect people from non-consensual sharing of intimate images.”