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WhatsApp image sender becomes first convicted cyber-flasher

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69% Informative

Nicholas Hawkes , 39 , of Basildon , Essex , sent unsolicited photos of his penis to a 15-year-old girl and a woman.

The woman took screenshots of the image on WhatsApp and reported him to police the same day .

He is the first person to be convicted of the new offence of cyber-flashing under the Online Safety Act .

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59

Informative language

51

Neutral language

72

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

Offensive language

offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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short-lived

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