BT 888 phone service floated to protect lone women
, BT chief executive Philip Jansen said the cases of Sarah Everard, who was kidnapped as she was walking home, and Sabina Nessa, who was killed as she walked to meet a friend, filled him with "outrage and disgust" and prompted his company to take action.
He said the existence of the 888 service "should also act as a deterrent to criminals, knowing that the alarm will automatically be raised if their victim doesn't reach their destination on time, that friends and family will start ringing around and alert the police".He also acknowledged there will likely be concerns around privacy and misuse of the app, including wasting police time.
: "Rather than develop ideas to actually tackle male violence the Home Office think tracking women with an app is a solution?!The End Violence Against Women coalition said support for "sticking plaster solutions shows we're moving further away from actually tackling the problem of male violence against women and girls".: "Any strategy that requires the potential women victims to be tagged rather than the violent male perpetrator will fail.
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