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Revenge porn soars across Europe during lockdown as cases double in Britain

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There has been a huge surge of revenge porn across Europe during the coronavirus lockdown – with a doubling of cases in Britain.

According to women's rights activists, there has been a big rise in online posts of intimate images of women. They blame abusive partners or ex-partners stuck at home who have had their lives halted by the pandemic, reports the Thomas Reuters Foundation.

Johanna Nelles, executive secretary of the Istanbul Convention, a European treaty to prevent violence against women, said: "During lockdown and as the world moves online ...

women and girls are exposed to higher risks. "Domestic violence is on the rise and many perpetrators also use new technologies to assert their power over their victim.

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