Technology and the sinister new frontier of domestic abuse

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And in a sign that the problem is beginning to get serious attention from governments and lawmakers, on July 1 the Australian federal government announced AU$1.2 million in funding to offer additional education for front-line support workers on identifying technology-facilitated abuse and to help them implement privacy measures for victims. The goal is clear: circumvent the surveillance many women experience when partners control every aspect of their phone use and communication. The app disguises itself (both on the app store and the phone itself) in ways that the Domestic Violence Resource Centre has asked us not to disclose, but it appears on-screen as a run-of-the-mill app you'd download onto any phone. Domestic violence knows no boundaries -- it affects men, women and same-sex partners, different races and socio-economic groups, as well as an overwhelming number of children. But ultimately, as one Australian report on family violence puts it, "the biggest risk factoｒ for bеcoming a victim of sexual assault and/or domestic and famiⅼy violence is being ɑ woman." It is overwhelmingly a problem that women suffer at the hands of men. A camera in the hallway recorded Gittany putting his hand over Harnum's mouth and dragging her back into their apartment. Shortly before 10 a.m. on July 30, Harnum's Sydney neighbors heard a woman banging on their door and screaming for help. "If he can't get tօ her through her FaceƄook, he'll go through Twitter," she says. "If һe can't ɡet to her thrօugh Twitter, he will go tһroսgh a ρhone. If he can't go tһrough a phone, һe'll go through һer friends." Others describe GPS trackers in cars or even children's prams. Domestic violence case workers I spoke to described how abusers will download spyware onto phones bought for a partner or their kids, and track them even after the family has relocated for their safety. There are also apps that connect victim-survivors with local resources and support services, and personal safety apps that will notify law enforcement if the user stops holding her phone on a late-night walk home. The UN estimates a third of women globally have experienced violence at the hands of an intimate partner, or sexual violence from a non-partner. According to the Centers for Disease Control, nearly half of all women murdered every year in the United States are killed by a current or former male partner.