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Prof Clare McGlynn

@claremcglynn.bsky.social
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Professor of Law, Durham Uni and expert on violence against women and girls, particularly: #SexualViolence #metaverse #porn #cyberflashing #AIChatbots #ImageBasedSexualAbuse. www.ClareMcGlynn.com @McGlynnClare on the platform that looks much the same

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Matt Burgess (WIRED) @mattburgess1.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The DEF CON hacker conference in Las Vegas has banned people using Meta's Ray-Ban video glasses... but they're not the only ones—and the list is growing
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Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears
Meta says safeguards are in place to prevent surreptitious filming, but some UK venues now prohibit them from being worn at all
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Thank you @claremcglynn.bsky.social for your insightful and generous response to Feminism for a World on Fire
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 09/06/2026
Meet the law professor who's helping to make society safer for women and girls. @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a leading expert on violence against women and girls, particularly the legal regulation of pornography, image-based sexual abuse, cyberflashing, and online abuse. www.claremcglynn.com
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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🟡🟠 Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social will be leading our next Justice Futures Seminar on 26 May, 12-1pm online. 🗣️'Challenging anti-carceral feminism: justice perspectives of survivors of tech-facilitated violence against women and girls.' 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1988752231...
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Stephen Burrell @thedailypanda.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
This new book by the brilliant @claremcglynn.bsky.social is a must read. We were lucky to interview Clare on #NowandMen last year about her work to shed a light on the harms that p0rn & big tech are doing to us, as they profit from & intensify harmful gender norms: www.nowandmen.net/episode/clar...
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 07/05/2026
Widely available extreme prn on mainstream platforms is normalising sexual violence, according to leading law professor @claremcglynn.bsky.social from Durham Law School. Take a look at her new book 'Exposed' to find out more📖 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/... @oneworldbooks.bsky.social
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 18/03/2026
The report - Invisible No More - is available here: tinyurl.com/5936768a
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ScotlandYardCSI @scotlandyardcsi.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Congratulations Professor McGlynn on the upcoming publication of your new book! I’m looking forward to reading it and learning from your work. Wishing you great success with the launch and beyond. #Books #BookSky #NewBookAlert #NewBooks
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
*New book alert* My 1st copy of #Exposed - the rise of extreme prn and how we fight back ⚖️😀 Hope it can start some open conversations. Key point: its shaping our lives in ways that restrict, rather than expand, sexual freedom. Available for pre-order & out in May www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 18/03/2026
New report co-authored by @claremcglynn.bsky.social shows how AI chatbots are driving violence against women and girls in dangerous new ways and exposes the gaps in law and policy. 👉🏼 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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ScotlandYardCSI @scotlandyardcsi.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
How are artificial intelligence and other technologies exacerbating misogyny & undermining women’s rights and safety? What are the emerging forms of violence against women and girls being facilitated by AI, such as deepfakes and nudify apps? nowandmen.net/episode/clar... @claremcglynn.bsky.social
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Addressing the Gendered Harms of AI and the Tech Industry - Prof Clare McGlynn - Now and Men
How are artificial intelligence and other technologies exacerbating misogyny and undermining women’s rights and safety, and what can we do about it?
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 26/03/2026
Professor @claremcglynn.bsky.social is reshaping laws to protect women and girls from online abuse. From defining image based sexual abuse to informing new deepfake legislation, find out about Clare's work 👉 bit.ly/4uJ8AGa #DUinspire #DUspotlighton
Professor Clare McGlynn in a red coat, standing outside by a stone wall next to a river, smiling to camera
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 16/02/2026
A new law to criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfake images is now in force in England and Wales. Professor Clare McGlynn, Durham Law School, has played a key role in the legislation. Discover more 👉 tinyurl.com/23evkahf
A close up of the Grok AI app on the homescreen of a mobile phone. Text on the image reads: "Research by Professor Clare McGlynn is behind a new law criminalising the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfake images."
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 10/02/2026
New research led by Prof Clare McGlynn, Durham Law School, and Prof Fiona Vera-Gray, London Metropolitan University, shows women are being forced to change their behaviours due to the high levels of flashing and cyberflashing they experience 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Close-up of a man's hand over an illuminated mobile phone screen.
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EVAW Coalition @evawuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Today following months of campaigning by survivor Jodie, @evawuk.bsky.social, #NotYourPorn, @claremcglynn.bsky.social and @glamouruk.bsky.social, a new law comes into force criminalising deepfake abuse. This is a welcome and long-overdue step for survivors, but criminalisation alone is not enough.
Stop image-based abuseOver the last 18 months, survivor and campaigner Jodie*, the End Violence Against Women Coalition,  #NotYourPorn, Professor Clare McGlynn and Glamour UK have campaigned for action to stop deepfake abuse. Today, a new law comes into force making it illegal.
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
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
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Stephen Burrell @thedailypanda.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
In 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...
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Addressing the Gendered Harms of AI and the Tech Industry - Prof Clare McGlynn - Now and Men
How are artificial intelligence and other technologies exacerbating misogyny and undermining women’s rights and safety, and what can we do about it?
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CDT Europe @cdteu.org · 27/11/2025
📢 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!
Visual of Clare McGlynn on the left side of the image in colour, with the rest of the Advisory Council Members in black and white on the right side.
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Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
This 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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The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 18/11/2025
Fiona Drouet, whose 18-year-old daughter Emily took her own life at Aberdeen University after her boyfriend subjected her to abuse and episodes of choking, warned that the practice was “never safe” and urged young people not to underestimate its risks
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Half of young adults have been choked during sex, survey finds
Mother of an Aberdeen University student who took her own life after abusive boyfriend throttled her warns that ‘strangulation’ is never safe
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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
'The way that I always describe it to people is imagine a woman walking into a pub and suddenly you can take her image and put it into a sexually explicit content of her.' Baroness Charlotte Owen on why it's Image Based Sexual Abuse, not Deepfake Porn. Listen now podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
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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The choking porn ban is not enough
The government announced that it will prohibit "vile and dangerous" strangulation pornography
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
My comment in @theguardian.com on why the new law requiring porn and social media platforms to remove choking/strangulation content is very welcome.
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Shami's Speakeasy @shamisspeakeasy.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
"..all the training data is around women's bodies. So if you put a man's image into the model, it would simply produce a man's head on a woman's body." Listen to the full episode with Baroness Charlotte Own podfollow.com/shamis-speak...
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
My comment in @theguardian.com on why the new law requiring porn and social media platforms to remove choking/strangulation content is very welcome.
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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.
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a cartoon character says someday in front of a tent
ALT: a cartoon character says someday in front of a tent
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
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
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Honoured to be part of this new Advisory Board with @cdteu.org #AI #regulation #freedom
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
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...
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
🔊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...
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Institute For Addressing Strangulation @institutefas.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Excited to announce that Kate Brown, Chief Crown Prosecutor at CPS will be speaking at our conference Children and Young People: Could strangulation be ‘choking’ future generations? Excited to hear from her as well as MP Jess Phillips Book your place here! ifas.org.uk/ifas-confere...
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 07/10/2025
Professor @claremcglynn.bsky.social from our Law School played a key role in a deepfake sexual abuse case. Her expert evidence helped secure a major penalty of over £220,000, recognising the serious harm caused by sharing fake explicit images. Read more: durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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...
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Women allegedly abused by Andrew Tate decry ‘misleading’ Spectator article
Complaint sent to Ipso over interview with ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother in Michael Gove-edited magazine
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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The 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.
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Kate Kirkpatrick @philosofemme.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Fellow 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.
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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...
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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.
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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...
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
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...
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Stephen Burrell @thedailypanda.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
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...
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Durham University @durham.ac.uk · 27/08/2025
Listen to @claremcglynn.bsky.social discuss how the online world turbocharges sexism and misogyny, on #NowAndMen with @thedailypanda.bsky.social
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
#MaybeTomorrow #HopeSo
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#MaybeTomorrow #HopeSo
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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...
theguardian.com
Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds
Children’s commissioner for England says findings show little had improved despite new law and tech firms’ promises
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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...
theguardian.com
Children’s exposure to porn higher than before 2023 Online Safety Act, poll finds
Children’s commissioner for England says findings show little had improved despite new law and tech firms’ promises
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"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...
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Pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes generated by Musk's Grok AI
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Musk’s AI generating deep fake Taylor Swift porn www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes generated by Musk's Grok AI
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Stephen Burrell @thedailypanda.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Amidst 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...
Episode 56 of the Now and Men podcast with Prof Clare McGlynn
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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
"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...
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Pornographic Taylor Swift deepfakes generated by Musk's Grok AI
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