Rape victims should not be forced to hand over their phones. It feels like more abuse | Anonymous
I work with victims and see them feeling anxious and unfairly treated by the police – as if they are the ones being investigated
As someone who has supported and advocated for survivors of sexual abuse within the criminal justice system for more than 10 years, I have witnessed how victims of rape and sexual abuse have become subject to “digital strip searches”. Since the collapse of a small number of high-profile rape trials due to failures in disclosure of digital evidence, it has become routine for the police to require victims to grant them access to their mobile phone and other digital data in order to take the case forward.
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