#End Revenge Porn
An overview of the revenge porn situation in Ireland. Updated 20/11/2020.
What happened?
There has been a large leak of hundreds of thousands of nudes of women and girls in Ireland. This content was mined without consent from a variety of sources including but not limited to OnlyFans, Tinder, Snapchat etc. Minors have also been implicated in these images. As such making this child pornography.
This content was hosted on a Discord server where Irish men compiled and exchanged nudes. The situation is currently ongoing with shadow servers and other means of data sharing on social networks appearing in the past day. Information will be updated here as this situation progresses.
There is currently no legal protection for those affected by this leak in Ireland. Ireland needs to enact laws against 'revenge porn' and it needs to do it now.
What can you do?
• Share information about the leak on social media and talk to friends and acquaintances. Use the hashtag #EndRevengePorn to call attention to the cause.
• Advocate to members of your local and wider government to take this issue seriously via social media, email etc.
• Call out anybody that you may know that was directly consuming or responsible for the leak. They need to be held accountable for their actions and face the consequences.
• A online rally against revenge porn is being organised by Eboni (@sapphicg0th on Twitter). The working date for this event to be held is the 28th of November 2020. Please visit the End IMBSA link below for more information on the rally in addition to other resources relating to the cause.
• Please sign the petition calling to make revenge porn a criminal offence in Ireland. A link to the petition can be found below.
Where to go if you've been affected
All the following resources are free to use
General and National Resources:
Counselling text service is available for anyone who wants it at 50808
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre - 1800778888
Woman’s aid - 1800341900
Niteline - 1800793793
Samaritans - 01 6710071 or 116 123
Pieta House - 016010000
Local Rape Crisis and Sexual Violence Centres:
Cork Sexual Violence Centre - phone: 1800 496 496 text: 087 1533393
Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre - 1800 633 333
Rape Crisis Midwest - 1800 311 511
Galway Rape Crisis Centre - 1800 355 355
Mayo Rape Crisis Centre - 1800 234 900
Rape Crisis & Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre Sligo, Leitrim & West Cavan - 1800 750 780
Donegal Sexual Abuse & RCC - 1800 448 844
Athlone Midlands Rape Crisis Centre - 1800 306 600
Regional Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Centre Tullamore - 1800 323 232
Tipperary Rape Crisis Centre - 1800 340 340
Rape Crisis Northeast - 1800 212 122
Waterford Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre - 1800 296 296
Wexford Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Service - 1800 330 033
Kilkenny Rape Crisis & Counselling Centre - 1800 478 478
Carlow & South Leinster Rape Crisis & Counselling Centre - 1800 727 737
Northern Ireland Specific Resources:
Domestic and Sexual Abuse Helpline - 0808 802 1414
The Rowan Sexual Assault Referral Centre - 0800 389 4424
Nexus Northern Ireland (Belfast) - 0800 389 4424
Nexus Northern Ireland (Enniskillen) - 028 6632 0046
Nexus Northern Ireland (Derry) - 028 7126 0566
With thanks to @shamingdevalera.
If you are looking for information if you’ve been potentially affected please message @meganjrenee on Twitter or Instagram.
compiled by @_angelsunknown