More women are being doxed online – here's how to stop it happening to you:
– which typically involves someone taking a picture under another person’s clothing without their knowledge – illegal also commented: “Image-based sexual abuse – or revenge porn, as it’s commonly known as – is a serious threat to women and marginalised genders online.”
Martin describes doxing as “a new way to execute an old problem – the control of women, often through consensual sexualisation of their bodies.” And to victims, she stresses that “this is never your fault, and you should be able to exist online as you want; just add some preventative and protective steps so you can live your digital life to the fullest.”
Because the problem is not fully consenting adults taking or sending these images, but those that then share them further without consent.
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