Woman using cellphone in Montreal on 19 Jul 2023.
Abusers are frequently using technology to harass, threaten and track the locations of their victims, according to a pair of new Canadian reports from Women's Shelters Canada, highlighting the prevalence and danger of this form of gender-based violence.A person uses a cellphone in Montreal in July 2023. Today, two new reports from Women's Shelters Canada reveal the prevalence of technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
Those trying to escape or protect themselves from domestic violence may not be able or equipped to navigate the differing policies at Bell, Rogers and Telus, the three companies that the researchers contacted, Wong told CBC News. TFGBV refers to any violent and/or abusive act carried out using technological devices, such as domestic violence, harassment, stalking, sexual assault, impersonation and extortion, Women's Shelters Canada says. It's often used in tandem with other forms of abuse, or a "continuum of violence," to exert power and control, it says.
Composite illustration featuring Angie Sweeney, right, whose ex-boyfriend shot and killed her in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., shortly after she broke up with him last October. , whose ex-boyfriend shot and killed her in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., shortly after she broke up with him last October.
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