I’m putting tech firms on notice: deal with the appalling abuse of women online – or we will deal with you | Keir Starmer

I see violence against women as a national emergency. The posting of non-consensual intimate images is part of that crisis, and it must stop

Tackling violence against women and girls is not just a priority for my government. It is central to who I am.

Before entering politics, when I led the Crown Prosecution Service as director of public prosecutions, I worked with victims of rape, domestic abuse and sexual violence, and I saw, up close, the lifelong damage these crimes cause. And I learned that when systems fail victims, the harm does not end, it deepens.

Justice must begin with listening to victims. They are why I refuse to accept that abuse is inevitable. And they’re why I made halving violence against women and girls a central commitment of this government.

That is an ambitious goal. Having spent the best part of two decades trying to drive up prosecutions, I know the challenges we face.