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Domestic abusers are weaponizing everyday tech — and there’s no quick fix

Posted on February 24, 2022June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Story by The Conversation:

Perpetrators of domestic abuse are increasingly exploiting digital tools to coerce and control their victims. Where there is abuse in a relationship, technology will also feature in how that abuse is conducted. Police forces now expect as much, when responding to cases of domestic abuse.

Such technological abuse features everyday tools, from smart devices to online platforms and mobile phone apps. And the information on where to find them and how to use them is easily accessible online, often using a simple Google search.

Read more at The Next Web.

h/t, Centennial Man

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