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Event held to mark launch of Safe to Speak Up? report by Anna Bull Read the full article here: Industry execs speak out on sexual harassment

Senior figures from Bectu, the Film and TV Charity and CIISA spoke to academic Anna Bull who has conducted the study into harassment. Read the full article here: UK film and TV organisations urge an end to complacency around responses to sexual harassment allegations

A new documentary directed by Sophie Compton and Reuben Hamlyn follows a graduate student as she attempts to uncover who created deepfake porn videos of her – and why Read the full article here: Another Body: how deepfake porn is destroying young women’s lives

FOR TAYLOR KLEIN, it starts with a weird Facebook message from a friend. A Pornhub link. She doesn’t open it. Must be spam, she figures. “I think you’ve been hacked?” she replies. Nope. Her pal insists the link is real. She clicks, and her nightmare begins. Read the full article here: Putting a Real Face on…

A new report has concluded that the UK’s film and screen industry is failing to tackle sexual harassment, with some victims punished or victimized if they do speak out. The lead … Read the full article here: UK screen industry failing to deal with sexual harassment: report

The UK’s film and TV industry is “failing employees” in its approach to tackling sexual harassment six years on from #MeToo, according to a first-of-its-kind study.  The Safe to Speak Up? report interviewed 18 people who described in detail 22 instances of sexual harassment, assault or violence experienced at work since December 2017, including sexualised comments, having…

Social events, filming on location and international industry events were identified as the riskiest settings. Read the full article here: https://www.screendaily.com/news/sexual-harassment-is-still-rife-in-uk-film-and-screen-industry-report-finds/5187185.article

New research from the University of York suggests that the UK’s film and TV industry is “failing employees” in its approach to tackling sexual harassment, with some victims punished or victimised if they do speak out. Read the full article here: https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/university-of-york-report-uk-screen-industry-failing-employees-over-sexual-harassment/

Victims of sexual harassment in film and TV experience the “worst of both worlds” because they are encouraged to speak out but face a backlash for doing so, a study has found. Read the full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/23/harassment-victims-in-film-and-tv-face-backlash-after-metoo-study-finds

Training institutions have been slow to address some of the challenges facing them, says The Stage editor Alistair Smith – how they respond to harassment and bullying claims chief among them Read the full article here: Drama schools need to sign up to independent standards body