Social media does not eradicate the line between personal or private. Instead, it shifts the line in ways that require thought rather than unreflexive condemnation or celebration.
Future generations may not be able to access the digital artefacts we create today.
The Communications Decency Act was passed in 1996, seven years before the debut of MySpace. It helped online publishing grow – and to escape consequences for the way users might be harmed.
Safe Home attests to the ways violence is insidious and ingrained in systemic structures of power.
The pandemic has led to an increase in online interactions, including sexually violent behaviours. Teens as young as 12 are affected, but many victims are not aware of their options in seeking justice.
EU law needs to recognise that privacy and free expression are matters of colliding rights which can’t be wished away.
Technology violence is a term that encompasses all types of harassment and abuse that occurs online and serves to control or intimidate women in particular.
A Korean chatbot named Iruda was manipulated by users to spew hate speech, leading to a large fine for her makers — and providing a warning for lawmakers.
Australian politicians have twice reminded us what it feels like for a woman to live in a world where some men don’t actually think very much of us.
Twitter is as famous for its trolls as for its usefulness. Will its new anti-abuse measures turn the tide?
