Her name is Gina Martin. She was at a music festival in London when a man pushed his phone between her legs and took a photo under her skirt. She reported it to the police immediately. They told her it wasn't a criminal offence. There was nothing they could do.
She went home and decided that was unacceptable. With no legal background, no political connections and no funding she launched a campaign to make upskirting a criminal offence in England and Wales. She petitioned. She lobbied MPs. She spoke publicly about what had happened to her. The government initially blocked the bill.
She kept going. The Voyeurism Act passed in January 2019. Upskirting now carries up to two years in prison. Scotland followed. Other countries are following. A woman at a festival with no lawyer, no funding and no political connections rewrote the law for an entire nation in eighteen months.
Zendaya confirms she plans to take a break after doing 5 major press tours this year:
"This is such a whirlwind and you’re in a new place every second and your brain is all over the place. It’s fun and I’m grateful and I wouldn’t change a thing… but sometimes you need to disappear for a little bit."
(Via @etnow)
No one - not a single person - created an Instagram account with the expectation that their photos would be used to generate AI advertisements.
If users had to proactively opt in to this, no one would. Instead, Meta doesn’t even notify you it’s happening.
Cabo Verde não só fez história, como tbm expôs MUNDIALMENTE a fraude que é essa Argentina e toda essa narrativa barata que estavam tentando criar com esse time mediano que depende do Messi
BREAKING: Two people climbed atop the Empire State Building’s 1,454-foot spire and unfurled a banner reading, “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace.” Police are working to bring them down safely.
my favorite part of the world cup has been watching brazilians decimate every country, one by one, on this app…every time I see a “translated from portuguese” I know it’s about to be the most sensational, unhinged, accurate read I have ever seen