Pleased to announce our Gender and Tech Research Lab, led by Dr Leonie Tanczer, has received a generous £80,000 gift from @Google to advance research in combating technology-facilitated abuse. 📱
Learn more about this impactful partnership:
https://t.co/2EGWI4MEUu
@leotanczt
Come and work at the @_CEVAW @UniMelb node working to eliminate @ViolenceAgainstWomen - #PhD scholarship working with @ProfCHumphreys@DrSarahWendt https://t.co/DTFD4t1tMs
Dr Leonie Tanczer's research focuses on how digital devices are misused in the context of domestic violence.
To help her team handle the distressing information they uncover @leotanczt has adopted a team-first approach.
#UKRIFLF
Find out more: https://t.co/edMQWPUruu
We're delighted that 4 of our Respect accredited programmes are participating in this important piece of @uclcs research led by @leotanczt and @nkoukop - details below #techabuse#domesticabuse 👇🏾
As part of a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship @leotanczt and her team from UCL Gender and Tech Research Lab collaborated with 4 Respect-accredited Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programmes (DAPP) to study the role of digital devices in enabling domestic abuse.
https://t.co/WUIbNseTjk
📢In case you missed it!
In a new blog @nkoukop Research Fellow in Technology-Facilitated Abuse @uclcs, summarises the highlights of a recent research trip to Australia and points to the benefits of international scientific knowledge exchange.
https://t.co/PgTSLHg387
Delighted to have attended the Fourth Annual Tackling Domestic Violence and Abuse Conference 2024 held by @IGPP_ and talk about #techabuse and the work we have been doing at the @uclcs Gender and Tech Research Lab. A big thank you to the organisers!
In this blog kindly hosted by @UCLPublicPolicy, I reflect on our recent research visit to Australia with @leotanczt and our engagements there with esteemed colleagues working on tech abuse and online harms.
📢New blog
@nkoukop Research Fellow in Technology-Facilitated Abuse @uclcs, summarises the highlights of a recent research trip to Australia and points to the benefits of international scientific knowledge exchange.
https://t.co/PgTSLHfviz
We are hiring a Research Fellow to join the Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women @CEVAW to examine the potentials & pitfalls of technology. An incredible research & career opportunity to work with a stellar team of experts across academia & industry
Are you a practitioner or researcher with experience of working to prevent child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offences?
We need your help to take part in a study to design effective online self-help programmes.
Find out more and please share: https://t.co/u7suxmp7BV
With AI-generated child sexual abuse material and deepfakes already being reported to our investigators, eSafety's new position statement on generative AI outlines steps industry can take to improve user safety and empowerment: https://t.co/AVa8dYYoO7 #SafetyByDesign
“…if this material becomes more widely and easily available, and can be produced at will – at the click of a button- we are heading for a very dangerous place in the future.”
Last week, our analysts confirmed the first AI-generated child sexual abuse imagery online alongside a “manual” dedicated to helping offenders train AI to return more and more realistic results. Learn more about this emerging technological threat: https://t.co/hX3UWIEWZm.
With automatic alerts and manual scanning, unknown tracker alerts can help keep you safe against unwanted Bluetooth tracking on @Android. Rolling out this month ↓ https://t.co/UXnga383xQ
Έρευνα της WeProtect Global Alliance αποκαλύπτει:
2 στα 3 παιδιά στην Ευρώπη έχουν υποστεί σεξουαλική «βλάβη» στο διαδίκτυο.
Περισσότερα πληροφορίες: https://t.co/AsQB9Dc94G
Proud to stand with so many amazing people and organisations to call for child sexual abuse policy to be inclusive, victim-centred and evidence-based. Huge thanks to co-organisers @helenlbeckett @CamilleLW , all who signed & supported & @peterwalker99 https://t.co/0yWBytsxHO