Cyber Abuse is Abuse

Technology is continuously being used to exploit and harm people, especially those who are most vulnerable.

 
 

Here are some examples that capture how technology facilitates abuse:

 

  • Bullying 

  • Harassment 

  • Stalking 

  • Image Based Abuse 

  • Non Consensual Photography (also known as “revenge porn”) 

  • Sexual Abuse

  • Commercial Sexual Exploitation

  • Sextortion  

  • Swatting 

  • Doxxing

  • Economic & Financial Abuse 

  • Surveillance/Monitoring 

  • Menacing

  • Intimidation 

  • Defamation 

  • Impersonation 

  • Mob Attacks 

  • Catfishing 

  • Flaming 

  • Deadnaming

  • Social Exclusion 

  • Limiting access to technology

Digital abuse and exploitation are insidious and have now become normalized in online engagement.