Ms Noeline Blackwell:

Regarding Deputy O'Callaghan's question as to whether it is like abuse of a politician, many of the cases of online abuse we hear about are between intimate partners. Therefore, they are different from politicians receiving abuse. Those of us working in the sexual violence sector and our colleagues working in the domestic violence sector would say that it is about impact of those images. The abusive behaviour - the stalking and the capacity to know the points at which one can damage somebody - means that the impact on the person must be taken into account, be that a young person or an intimate or ex-intimate partner.