Georgia Harrison documents impact of non-consensual video availability
TV personality Georgia Harrison reports continued emotional struggle as her non-consensual explicit video remains widely available online, despite her ex-partner Stephen Bear being jailed in 2023 for voyeurism. Harrison leads an ITV documentary examining deepfakes and image-based sexual abuse, calling for government and tech company action to prevent such content circulation.
What happened
Georgia Harrison, a TV personality from The Only Way Is Essex and Love Island, reports that a private sexual video shared by her ex-partner Stephen Bear remains widely available online.
Bear was jailed in 2023 after being found guilty of voyeurism and disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress.
Reported impact
Harrison states she 'continues to really struggle' with the emotional impact of the video's continued accessibility, with people regularly sending her clips of it.
She describes the widespread distribution as a 'real struggle' and notes the content remains 'in the back of my mind' despite the passage of time since the original disclosure.
Governance controls
Harrison leads a two-part ITV documentary, Georgia Harrison: Porn, Power, Profit, addressing deepfakes and image-based sexual abuse.
She advocates for government and tech company action, stating that stopping advertising revenue on platforms hosting non-consensual content would reduce incentives for uploaders to continue distributing such material.
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Sources and evidence
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