Comments like ‘little girl needs to keep to herself before daddy breaks her face’ get a free pass in the name of free speech.
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On Q&A, panellist Faustina Agolley questioned whether there were laws protecting against revenge porn in Australia. As it turns out, it all depends on where you live.
Like many other advancements in communication technology, social media has a good, a bad and an ugly side when it comes to its relationship with crime, criminal justice and the law.
Communications Minister Mitch Fifield told Q&A that the Children’s eSafety Commissioner has investigated 11,000 cases of cyberbullying and can fine social media firms $17,000 a day. Is that true?
A case in Sydney is the latest instance in which the powers-that-be contribute to the widespread victim-blaming and perpetrator-exonerating in relation to cyber violence against women and girls.
By speaking out about sexual violence and creating safe online spaces to seek support, victim-survivors may also encourage others to report the crime.
Flashing in public is illegal, shouldn’t its online equivalent be treated the same way?
The public outing of a number of high profile scientists in sexual harassment cases shows the current system of protecting women isn’t working. But there is a solution.
In the social media age, perpetrators can devastate their partner or ex-partner psychologically, socially and financially, while remaining cloaked in anonymity from cyberspace.
Women and men are just as likely to report experiencing any form of digital harassment and abuse. However, the nature and impacts of these online harms differ significantly by gender and age.
A former pupil is suing her school for the psychiatric harm she allegedly suffered from bullying.
Twitter is as famous for its trolls as for its usefulness. Will its new anti-abuse measures turn the tide?
Two new forms of online harassment, ‘doxxing’ and ‘swatting’, are increasing in frequency. Here’s how to protect yourself from them.
Should cyberbullies be isolated and shamed? Or should they be helped ? Victims of cyberbullying could take to being cyberbullies themselves.
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Professor of Family and Sexual Violence, RMIT University
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Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Professor of Global & Language Studies, RMIT University
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Reader in Psychology, Cyberpsychology Research Network Co-Director and ADM Forensic Editor, University of Huddersfield
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Postdoctoral fellow, Sociology, Western University
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PhD student, Sociology, Western University
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Lecturer in Law, Keele University
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Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University
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Associate Professor, School of Arts and Media, UNSW
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Assistant Professor of Health Studies, Texas Woman's University
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Lecturer in Criminology, University of Hertfordshire
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Director of the Information Integrity Initiative, a project of TheNerve/Professor of Journalism, Chair of the Centre for Journalism and Democracy, City St George's, University of London
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Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics, Lancaster University