The report also showed that a "significantly higher proportion" of young people aged 16 to 19 years old were victims of domestic abuse (18.2%), compared to those who are 25 and above.

Louisa Rolfe, the national police lead for domestic abuse with the NPCC, said dangerous internet content may be contributing to cases involving teenagers.

"People are now much more likely to access violent pornography which normalises violence and behaviour in a relationship," she said.

"We see the connection between the sort of sense of toxic influencers online and their sort of views that are promoted about women and women's status in society."

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"It might have started as 'here's my gym routine, here's my skincare routine,'" Mrozinski says. "But now it's turned into 'Here's how I make my cheekbones bigger – by smashing them with a hammer.'"

Looksmaxxing's most influential influencer, who calls himself Clavicular, has half a million followers on Instagram and almost 900,000 on TikTok. His real name is Braden Peters and he's aged 20.

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The YouTube ad for PixVideo - AI Video Maker, seen in January, showed a "before" and "after" image of a young women, with red scribble overlaid on her midriff in the former, and parts of her bare skin exposed in the latter.

Text across the bottom of the picture stated: "Erase anything" followed by a heart-eyes emoji.

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They tell young men how worthless they are.. then offer themselves up as the solution.

"They sell courses on how to increase your sexual market value (SMV) - basically a measurement of how attractive you are according to their scale."

The higher your SMV, he explains, the more likely you are to have sex with a woman. Looksmaxxing, to a certain degree, becomes a way to climb the attractiveness ladder. If a woman doesn't want you after all that then either you haven't done enough self-improvement or it's their fault, as the logic goes.

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Called Nearby Glasses, it is an Android app that scans Bluetooth signals to detect smart glasses and other recording devices nearby. It alerts users to potential surveillance technology.

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Tech platforms would have to remove intimate images which have been shared without consent within 48 hours, under a proposed UK law.

The government said tackling intimate image abuse should be treated with the same severity as child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and terrorist content.

Failure to abide by the rules could result in companies being fined up to 10% of their global sales or have their services blocked in the UK.

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