New technology: same old problems : Report of a roundtable on social media and violence against women and girls End Violence Against Women
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BookPublisher: London, UK : End Violence Against Women, 2013Description: electronic document (12 pages); PDF file.ISBN: 978-0-9558609-7-3.Subject(s): SOCIAL MEDIA
| TECHNOLOGY | VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN | UNITED KINGDOMOnline resources: Click here to access online Summary: "On 16th July 2013, the End Violence Against Women (EVAW) Coalition and The Guardian held a roundtable discussion looking at the relationship between social media and violence against women and girls (VAWG) and specifically, the way that
VAWG is perpetrated via social media. Participants included journalists, lawyers, women’s groups, campaigners, civil servants, and academics. The purpose of the event was to explore the links between social media and abuse, and to produce real solutions to the problems discussed... This report by EVAW of the roundtable seeks to offer workable ways
to balance freedom of expression with freedom from abuse, to reclaim the Internet for the women and girls, and to ensure that potential benefits of new technology are not held back by these very old problems." (from the Introduction).
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"On 16th July 2013, the End Violence Against Women (EVAW) Coalition and The Guardian held a roundtable discussion looking at the relationship between social media and violence against women and girls (VAWG) and specifically, the way that
VAWG is perpetrated via social media. Participants included journalists, lawyers, women’s groups, campaigners, civil servants, and academics. The purpose of the event was to explore the links between social media and abuse, and to produce real solutions to the problems discussed... This report by EVAW of the roundtable seeks to offer workable ways
to balance freedom of expression with freedom from abuse, to reclaim the Internet for the women and girls, and to ensure that potential benefits of new technology are not held back by these very old problems." (from the Introduction).
