Jane told police intimate photos of her were online. They told her to go to the tech companies

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When Jane* learned that intimate photos of her had been posted on a website without her consent, she expected the police would help her. Instead, she was warned that researching where her photos had been shared might put her at risk of breaking the law.

After she was handed a leaflet on internet safety and told to go to tech companies for help, but to expect little from them, the case was closed.