NZ Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour says his Victim of the Day posts are ‘a bit playful’. Yet not so long ago, he was demanding apologies for similar ‘jokes’.
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A legal framework for protecting women MPs has already been developed. The government should revive it, and address the underlying causes of online abuse.
Science doesn’t occur in a vacuum – politics, harassment and intimidation can hamstring progress.
New analysis of more than 100,000 tweets has found that queer Australian politicians suffer more personal abuse online than straight politicians.
Relying on voluntary commitments to reduce online harm puts New Zealand out of step with other countries with legally enforceable rules to protect social media users’ safety.
The consequences of this abuse are far broader than any one woman’s safety or wellbeing. The effect is to remove women from political debate entirely.
Facing an abusive backlash may make the cost of entry into public debate too high.
New research appears to have uncovered a large concentration of young women engaging in harmful online sexual behaviours.
Although tabloid gossip is a feature of any celebrity’s life, the longstanding and seemingly orchestrated media campaign against Meghan Markle is exceptional.
The inclusion of cyberstalking in the proposed anti-stalking law brings New Zealand in line with other countries. But future technologies may make harm even harder to combat.
Internal data from the ABC show the harmful content moderators are exposed to weekly, sometimes even daily. But the organisation’s response is one many others can learn from.
The tech industry and police must listen to the concerns of victim-survivors when using child sex abuse material for legitimate purposes.
The online games platform has nearly 80 million daily users and primarily targets children. However, like many large platforms, it has trouble moderating harmful content.
When violence prevention policies and programs don’t reflect how it unfolds in today’s networked and digitally-connected world, they cannot be effective.
Gaming or watching sports in the metaverse might be fun, but these ‘immersive online environments’ are also enabling new kinds of crime. To tackle this problem, we must first understand it better.
A new parliamentary committee will look into how social media operates in Australia, including how children access it. Regulating the industry won’t be easy.
These private online communities represent a long-held feminist maxim: to solve sexism requires women to solve it themselves.
Taking selfies is a normal part of daily life for millions of social media users. But doing so while exercising at the gym can be harmful.
With doxing suddenly on the national agenda, here’s what you need to know.
There’s nothing surprising about the fake explicit images going viral. It happens to women celebrities frequently – but anyone can be targeted.
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury
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Lecturer in Law, Keele University
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Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Social Policy, School for Business and Society, University of York
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
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Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender, Western University
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, & Deputy Director, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor in Convergent and Online Media, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Journalism and Digital Communication, University of Lancashire
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Assistant Professor of Criminology, Saint Mary’s University
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