Complaint submitted to @IPSOnews : Breach of Clause 1 (Accuracy). Misleading reporting of sex.

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

This is further substantiated by the word 'woman' in the first sentence of the text. This is a breach of the Editors Code on Accuracy because this is misleading. The individual involved was not born female and is in fact someone who was born male and now identifies as a woman /3

This will have been known to the court reporter or easily checked because the defendant was listed as STEVEN (see copy of court listing below). /4

It is now common practice for court officials to use feminine pronouns if a male person identifies as a woman. This means feminine pronouns should no longer be considered an accurate reflection of an individual's sex. Court reporters will be aware of this practice now /5