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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bryony Gooch

UNBELIEVABLE: Met complaints over image based sexual abuse have more than doubled in the last five years - The Untold Story

Reports of image-based sexual abuse and explicit deepfakes to the Metropolitan Police have more than doubled in the last five years, new figures show as the Home Office promised to crack down on offenders.

The Metropolitan Police received 120 per cent more complaints about non-consensual intimate image abuse (NCII), according to FOI data obtained by online safety provider Verifymy.

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