APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation
@appg-cse.bsky.social
All-Party Parliamentary Group | Chair: Tonia Antoniazzi MP | Secretariat: UK Feminista | Email: [email protected]
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Last month, a law was passed giving the Home Secretary
power to force p*rnography companies to verify the age & permission of everyone featured on their site.
UN experts have now joined calls for governments to enforce this 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
power to force p*rnography companies to verify the age & permission of everyone featured on their site.
UN experts have now joined calls for governments to enforce this 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
UN experts alarmed by complicity of online pornographic platforms and other intermediaries in sexual exploitation of women and girls
GENEVA – UN experts* today raised the alarm over the large-scale sexual exploitation of women and girls facilitated and monetised by Pornhub and its parent company Aylo Holdings, as well as the role o...
www.ohchr.org
May 18, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Last month, a law was passed giving the Home Secretary
power to force p*rnography companies to verify the age & permission of everyone featured on their site.
UN experts have now joined calls for governments to enforce this 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
power to force p*rnography companies to verify the age & permission of everyone featured on their site.
UN experts have now joined calls for governments to enforce this 👇
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social has written to the Home Secretary to report 'the biggest sex trafficking operation in modern Scottish history'.
Read Tracy's speech exposing the scandal here 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
Read Tracy's speech exposing the scandal here 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
April 27, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social has written to the Home Secretary to report 'the biggest sex trafficking operation in modern Scottish history'.
Read Tracy's speech exposing the scandal here 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
Read Tracy's speech exposing the scandal here 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
"pimping websites are the largest human trafficking operation in modern UK history"
"Police Scotland should launch an immediate criminal investigation"
Read our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social's important speech on websites advertising prostitution 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
"Police Scotland should launch an immediate criminal investigation"
Read our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social's important speech on websites advertising prostitution 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
April 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
"pimping websites are the largest human trafficking operation in modern UK history"
"Police Scotland should launch an immediate criminal investigation"
Read our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social's important speech on websites advertising prostitution 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
"Police Scotland should launch an immediate criminal investigation"
Read our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social's important speech on websites advertising prostitution 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
Today our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social led a debate in Parliament on sex trafficking in Scotland.
Tracy revealed she has written to Police Scotland to report websites advertising prostitution for violating Scotland's anti-trafficking law. The max penalty is life. 👇
Tracy revealed she has written to Police Scotland to report websites advertising prostitution for violating Scotland's anti-trafficking law. The max penalty is life. 👇
April 21, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Today our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social led a debate in Parliament on sex trafficking in Scotland.
Tracy revealed she has written to Police Scotland to report websites advertising prostitution for violating Scotland's anti-trafficking law. The max penalty is life. 👇
Tracy revealed she has written to Police Scotland to report websites advertising prostitution for violating Scotland's anti-trafficking law. The max penalty is life. 👇
Important news: Today, the UK Government has tabled an amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill giving it the power to force p*rnography websites to verify everyone in their videos is an adult, gave permission for the video to be published and can later withdraw their consent. 1/3
April 13, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Important news: Today, the UK Government has tabled an amendment to the Crime & Policing Bill giving it the power to force p*rnography websites to verify everyone in their videos is an adult, gave permission for the video to be published and can later withdraw their consent. 1/3
"this comes down to whose rights the state decides to prioritise and protect: pornographers’ -or the men, women & children they make money off. It’s time to show whose side we’re on."
@tracygilbertmp.bsky.social calls for age & ongoing consent checks on p*rn sites 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@tracygilbertmp.bsky.social calls for age & ongoing consent checks on p*rn sites 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'We must not miss chance to stop online sexual exploitation and child abuse'
Writing for The Mirror Tracy Gilbert, Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Commercial Sexual Exploitation, says ministers must back safeguards to stop pornography sites allowing sex abus...
www.mirror.co.uk
April 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
"this comes down to whose rights the state decides to prioritise and protect: pornographers’ -or the men, women & children they make money off. It’s time to show whose side we’re on."
@tracygilbertmp.bsky.social calls for age & ongoing consent checks on p*rn sites 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
@tracygilbertmp.bsky.social calls for age & ongoing consent checks on p*rn sites 👇
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
This is why Ministers @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social must accept & implement the recent vote by the House of Lords to force all p*rnography websites to verify the age and ongoing consent of everyone in videos on their platform 👇
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
Exposing a global ‘online rape academy’ that is teaching men how to abuse women and evade detection
CNN exposes an online network of men encouraging each other to drug and assault their partners, and swap tips on how to get away with it.
edition.cnn.com
April 2, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This is why Ministers @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social @alexdaviesjones.bsky.social must accept & implement the recent vote by the House of Lords to force all p*rnography websites to verify the age and ongoing consent of everyone in videos on their platform 👇
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
edition.cnn.com/interactive/...
"When the crime bill returns to the Commons, the government should throw its weight behind a new, stronger model of consent." 👏
Government must accept in full Baroness Gabby Bertin's amendment requiring age & ongoing consent checks on p*rnography websites.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Government must accept in full Baroness Gabby Bertin's amendment requiring age & ongoing consent checks on p*rnography websites.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK has a chance to pioneer pornography regulation – it must take it | Susanna Rustin
The crime bill proposes a stronger model of consent – and with violent imagery and child sexual abuse soaring, who, really, can argue against it? says author Susanna Rustin
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2026 at 12:36 PM
"When the crime bill returns to the Commons, the government should throw its weight behind a new, stronger model of consent." 👏
Government must accept in full Baroness Gabby Bertin's amendment requiring age & ongoing consent checks on p*rnography websites.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Government must accept in full Baroness Gabby Bertin's amendment requiring age & ongoing consent checks on p*rnography websites.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Today members of @appg-cse.bsky.social joined charities to urge Government to accept the House of Lords' vote requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform
We recommended this safeguard in our 2023 inquiry report 👉 www.appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...
We recommended this safeguard in our 2023 inquiry report 👉 www.appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...
March 25, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Today members of @appg-cse.bsky.social joined charities to urge Government to accept the House of Lords' vote requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform
We recommended this safeguard in our 2023 inquiry report 👉 www.appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...
We recommended this safeguard in our 2023 inquiry report 👉 www.appg-cse.uk/wp-content/u...
Our members -MPs Tonia Antoniazzi, Kirsteen Sullivan, Jess Asato, Tracy Gilbert, Antonia Bance, Katrina Murray, Sarah Champion & Polly Billington + Baroness Bertin & Baroness Jenkin- signed this letter in the Times calling on the PM to back safeguards on p*rn sites 👉 thetimes.com/article/d615...
March 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Our members -MPs Tonia Antoniazzi, Kirsteen Sullivan, Jess Asato, Tracy Gilbert, Antonia Bance, Katrina Murray, Sarah Champion & Polly Billington + Baroness Bertin & Baroness Jenkin- signed this letter in the Times calling on the PM to back safeguards on p*rn sites 👉 thetimes.com/article/d615...
"If we are to tackle male violence against women and girls, these websites have to be shut down"
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social urges Government to outlaw pimping websites to stop sex trafficking 👏
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social urges Government to outlaw pimping websites to stop sex trafficking 👏
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
March 16, 2026 at 2:34 PM
"If we are to tackle male violence against women and girls, these websites have to be shut down"
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social urges Government to outlaw pimping websites to stop sex trafficking 👏
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
Our Chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social urges Government to outlaw pimping websites to stop sex trafficking 👏
Full speech 👉 hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2026...
Our members - Tonia Antoniazzi MP, Jess Asato MP, Tracy Gilbert MP, Kirsteen Sullivan MP, Polly Billington MP, Sarah Champion MP, Antonia Bance MP, Katrina Murray MP, Baroness Bertin & Baroness Jenkin - have signed this important letter in today's Times 👇
www.thetimes.com/article/d615...
www.thetimes.com/article/d615...
Force porn sites to verify age and consent, ministers told
Campaigners against sexual exploitation want publishers to check the age of those appearing in explicit material and whether they have given their consent
www.thetimes.com
March 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Our members - Tonia Antoniazzi MP, Jess Asato MP, Tracy Gilbert MP, Kirsteen Sullivan MP, Polly Billington MP, Sarah Champion MP, Antonia Bance MP, Katrina Murray MP, Baroness Bertin & Baroness Jenkin - have signed this important letter in today's Times 👇
www.thetimes.com/article/d615...
www.thetimes.com/article/d615...
Our chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social welcomes the landmark vote in Parliament to require p*rnography websites to verify the age and ongoing consent of everyone featured in content on their platform 👇
March 10, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Our chair @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social welcomes the landmark vote in Parliament to require p*rnography websites to verify the age and ongoing consent of everyone featured in content on their platform 👇
APPG Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social welcomes the House of Lords vote requiring p*rnography websites to:
👉 Verify everyone on their site is an adult & gave permission for the content to be published
👉 Enable withdrawal of consent at any time
Basic, vital safeguards 👏👏
👉 Verify everyone on their site is an adult & gave permission for the content to be published
👉 Enable withdrawal of consent at any time
Basic, vital safeguards 👏👏
March 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
APPG Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social welcomes the House of Lords vote requiring p*rnography websites to:
👉 Verify everyone on their site is an adult & gave permission for the content to be published
👉 Enable withdrawal of consent at any time
Basic, vital safeguards 👏👏
👉 Verify everyone on their site is an adult & gave permission for the content to be published
👉 Enable withdrawal of consent at any time
Basic, vital safeguards 👏👏
APPG member @kittysull1.bsky.social MP welcomes this week's vote in the House of Lords to require vital safeguards on p*rnography websites.
Age and permission verification + right to withdraw consent will stop abuse and deliver justice to survivors. 👇
Age and permission verification + right to withdraw consent will stop abuse and deliver justice to survivors. 👇
March 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
APPG member @kittysull1.bsky.social MP welcomes this week's vote in the House of Lords to require vital safeguards on p*rnography websites.
Age and permission verification + right to withdraw consent will stop abuse and deliver justice to survivors. 👇
Age and permission verification + right to withdraw consent will stop abuse and deliver justice to survivors. 👇
🙌 Safeguards secured!
The House of Lords has voted to adopt critical safeguards on p*rnography websites: age & permission verification and the right to withdraw consent
The APPG has long called for this change to combat abuse and exploitation rampant on these sites 🧵
The House of Lords has voted to adopt critical safeguards on p*rnography websites: age & permission verification and the right to withdraw consent
The APPG has long called for this change to combat abuse and exploitation rampant on these sites 🧵
March 4, 2026 at 9:02 AM
🙌 Safeguards secured!
The House of Lords has voted to adopt critical safeguards on p*rnography websites: age & permission verification and the right to withdraw consent
The APPG has long called for this change to combat abuse and exploitation rampant on these sites 🧵
The House of Lords has voted to adopt critical safeguards on p*rnography websites: age & permission verification and the right to withdraw consent
The APPG has long called for this change to combat abuse and exploitation rampant on these sites 🧵
Government has pledged to equalise regulation of p*rnography online and offline, boosting controls on websites which freely peddle violence & abuse.
The APPG has has long advocated this. Over 50 MPs backed Vice Chair @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment on it 🧵
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The APPG has has long advocated this. Over 50 MPs backed Vice Chair @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment on it 🧵
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Ministers to ban violent and degrading pornography online
The ban will include content depicting acts such as rape and incest, bringing websites in line with pornographic videos sold in shops
www.thetimes.com
March 3, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Government has pledged to equalise regulation of p*rnography online and offline, boosting controls on websites which freely peddle violence & abuse.
The APPG has has long advocated this. Over 50 MPs backed Vice Chair @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment on it 🧵
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The APPG has has long advocated this. Over 50 MPs backed Vice Chair @jessasatomp.bsky.social's amendment on it 🧵
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Industrial scale sex trafficking is being perpetrated across the UK, while the p*rnography trade continues to peddle exploitation & abuse.
Members of the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation have been working hard to push this to the top of the political agenda & secure action from Government 👇
Members of the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation have been working hard to push this to the top of the political agenda & secure action from Government 👇
February 17, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Industrial scale sex trafficking is being perpetrated across the UK, while the p*rnography trade continues to peddle exploitation & abuse.
Members of the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation have been working hard to push this to the top of the political agenda & secure action from Government 👇
Members of the APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation have been working hard to push this to the top of the political agenda & secure action from Government 👇
The APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation strongly supports Ash Regan MSP's Prostitution Bill, being debated tomorrow in the Scottish Parliament.
The Bill would outlaw paying for sex and decriminalise victims - recognising prostitution is violence against women.
UK Government must follow suit.
The Bill would outlaw paying for sex and decriminalise victims - recognising prostitution is violence against women.
UK Government must follow suit.
February 2, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The APPG on Commercial Sexual Exploitation strongly supports Ash Regan MSP's Prostitution Bill, being debated tomorrow in the Scottish Parliament.
The Bill would outlaw paying for sex and decriminalise victims - recognising prostitution is violence against women.
UK Government must follow suit.
The Bill would outlaw paying for sex and decriminalise victims - recognising prostitution is violence against women.
UK Government must follow suit.
📰 'Police chiefs present prostitution as legitimate work amid guidance to dub workers as 'sexual entrepreneurs''
"The use of this highly contested language by the NPCC is wholly inappropriate." @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social www.gbnews.com/news/police-...
"The use of this highly contested language by the NPCC is wholly inappropriate." @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social www.gbnews.com/news/police-...
Police chiefs present prostitution as legitimate work following guidance to dub workers as 'sexual entrepreneurs'
A cross-party group of MPs criticised what it dubbed 'ideologically and politically charged terms'
www.gbnews.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
📰 'Police chiefs present prostitution as legitimate work amid guidance to dub workers as 'sexual entrepreneurs''
"The use of this highly contested language by the NPCC is wholly inappropriate." @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social www.gbnews.com/news/police-...
"The use of this highly contested language by the NPCC is wholly inappropriate." @tonia-antoniazzi.bsky.social www.gbnews.com/news/police-...
Today @joanireid.com will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms
➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms
December 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Today @joanireid.com will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms
➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms
Thank you @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social for petitioning Parliament to combat violence against women by:
➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform
➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform
➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
December 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thank you @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social for petitioning Parliament to combat violence against women by:
➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform
➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
➡️ requiring p*rnography websites to verify the age & ongoing consent of everyone on their platform
➡️ extending offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
Today our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Today our Vice Chair @tracygilbertmp.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
On Wednesday @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
On Wednesday @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏
➡️ forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
➡️ extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏
On Tuesday @kittysull1.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
👉 forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
👉 extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
👉 forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
👉 extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
December 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM
On Tuesday @kittysull1.bsky.social will petition Parliament to tackle violence against women by:
👉 forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
👉 extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏
👉 forcing p*rnography websites to verify age & consent of everyone on their platform & give performers right to withdraw consent
👉 extend offline safeguards to online platforms
👏👏👏