Expert: Technology and gender-based violence
European non-profit AI Forensics聽聽this week on how massive, organized聽user聽networks are spreading and monetizing non-consensual intimate images, including child sexual abuse material, on聽a聽popular聽private messaging app.聽The report, which聽focused聽on聽cross-border聽networks in Italy and Spain,聽also notes that content circulates across聽several聽well-known聽platforms.聽
A 海角社区 expert is available to comment on this topic:聽
Emmanuelle Vaast聽is the Desautels 1 Chair in Digital Technology Management, Professor of Information Systems and Associate Dean of Research at the Desautels Faculty of Management.聽聽
She can聽discuss聽the scope of tech-facilitated gender-based violence and efforts toward prevention, as well as online privacy,聽hacking聽risks聽and mitigations for users. She can also聽speak to聽the聽regulation of emerging technologies and platforms聽and situate the issue聽in a Canadian context.聽
Emmanuelle.vaast [at] mcgill.ca聽(English, French)
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