“ The psychological toll can be fatal: 51% of US revenge-porn victims have contemplated suicide,
according to research by the End Revenge Porn campaign. In UK courts,
sex-crime victims have a right to anonymity. I enjoyed the anonymity of being a findom.
There is no right to anonymity for victims of communications
offences. Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary, Richard Burgon, one of two MPs that organized the letter, said he believes the 2021 deadline is
too far away and that his party will continue to legislate to give victims further protection. Some of the victims who spoke to Insider
opted not to report their case to the police because of the loophole in the
law that prevents them from staying anonymous. Lauren had to sit in her
local police station for three hours. Court documents revealed that Robert was actually 25 when he first contacted Lauren -
11 years older than her, not the seven he had led her to believe. ”