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Coronavirus has meant more time at home, more time online and more image-based abuse.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, online platforms might seem to be safer places to work and socialise, but online abuse is expected to rise – and women are at a higher risk.
Just as domestic violence was once misunderstood and tolerated, many today fail to grasp how nude photographs can be wielded as weapons of abuse.
New research has found that young women, Indigenous Australians and people with disabilities are the most frequent victims of ‘revenge porn.’
Laws against ‘revenge porn’, upskirting, deepfake pornography are piecemeal, and a review will take years to conduct. Here are three things government can do now to support victims.
Research into attitudes reveals some startling findings.
Describing non-consensual acts as pornography minimises the importance of consent.
Victims of image based sexual abuse deserve legal clarity.
People can now use artificial intelligence to swap the faces of actors in pornographic videos with those of people they know, raising fears about a new form of revenge porn.
YouTube celebrity Chrissy Chambers has won damages in a landmark revenge porn case. But not all victims of such abuse will have her means.
For too long, social media companies – with their scale and reach – have assisted revenge porn perpetrators. At last, the law is catching up.
Companies and governments should do more to prevent ‘revenge porn’ without asking potential victims to send their nude photos to Facebook.
Facebook’s record raises serious questions about whether it can be trusted with our most intimate images.
Australia now has more states and territories with specific revenge porn laws than those without. But they may not be the most effective way to tackle the problem.
Highly distressing and intrusive, but not illegal.
Should reality stars be warned that everything they say can and will be used against them in a court of law? Turns out, it’s complicated.
Image-based abuse, more commonly known as ‘revenge porn’, affects many Australians from across diverse communities and in different types of relationships.
Most revenge isn’t violent or dramatic, but instead involves petty acts against coworkers or lovers. And some types work better than others.
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.
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Associate Professor, Criminology and Justice Studies, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Criminology, Monash University
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Professor & Australian Research Council Future Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Law, Durham University
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Professor of Law, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Co-director, Centre for Digital Business, University of Salford
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