Reported to @IpsoNews for breach of accuracy.

The use of the word 'female' in the headline and text is inaccurate and misleading. The story is based on crime statistics recorded by the police. The police do not record the birth sex of an individual in crime records. /1
They record someone's self declared gender. This means the statement such as 'female paedophiles has almost doubled' cannot be made based on these statistics. The statistics quoted to show the increase includes both sexes; it includes women born female and transwomen born male /2
Readers understand the word 'female' to mean someone born the female sex. A headline saying 'female paedophiles almost doubles' and accompanying text "an 84% increase in female perpetrated child sexual abuse" misleads readers and therefore breaches the Editors Code on Accuracy /3
Failure to report statistics accurately distorts public perception, in this case making unsubstantiated claims specifically about people who share a protected characteristic (female sex) /4

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21 Jan
Complaint submitted to @IpsoNews : Breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy). Misleading reporting of sex. /1
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The use of 'Her phone' in the headline straight away implies to readers this is an unusual case of a female teenager who has committed the crime of accessing child pornography - a crime more commonly committed by members of the male sex /2
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Last year Kate McEwan wrote a blog published on Graham Lineham's website. She revealed how a trans-identified male called Karen Passmore was bullying a woman called Esther. /1

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Passmore says they have a GRC so Kate has committed a crime by referring to them as male.

Passmore is wrong. /2

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Liberal Democrat Party requires parliamentary candidate to apologise and seek mentoring after calling women 'terfs' /1
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If a second @Commonswomequ trans inquiry is to be productive & worthwhile it needs to be conducted in a genuine spirit of inquiry & neutrality

Our analysis of the questions asked in the first two oral sessions suggests there is still work to do /1

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MPs asked gentle, empathetic, sometimes leading questions of the trans witnesses. They expressed sympathy with their position, did not challenge or request evidential back-up for a single claim. That their sympathies lay with trans people & not women was clear from the start /2
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NEW: Freedom of Information request confirms half of all male prisoners who identify as trans have at least conviction for sexual offending /1

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