In this episode, we explore the link between technology and coercive control. We discuss how technology can be used as both a tool to perpetrate coercive control, as well as a resource for survivors of abuse to seek help and access support. 

To help us we welcome our special guest Dr Leonie Tanczer. Leonie is an Associate Professor in International Security and Emerging Technologies at University College London’s Department of Computer Science. Her research addresses the interplay between gender, technology and abuse. To find out more about her work click ⁠here⁠.

You can click the links below to access some of the resources we talk about in this episode, as well as some additional resources from our guest:

Resources:

• The Refuge Chatbot: https://refuge.org.uk/news/72-of-refuge-service-users-identify-experiencing-tech-abuse/
• Shodan: https://www.shodan.io/
• The Keep App: The keep app https://www.thekeepapp.com/login
• Bright Sky App: Bright sky app https://www.hestia.org/brightsky
• Refuge resources on tech safety: https://refugetechsafety.org/ 
• e-Safety for women: https://www.esafety.gov.au/women 
• Clinic to End Tech Abuse: https://www.ceta.tech.cornell.edu/ 
• Strategic Threat and Risk Assessment of Violence Against Women and Girls Report: https://www.vkpp.org.uk/publications/publications-and-reports/reports/strategic-threat-and-risk-assessment-of-violence-against-women-and-girls/ 
• Sign up to the Gender and Tech monthly newsletter here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/computer-science/research/research-groups/gender-and-tech

Books:

• Technology and Domestic and Family Violence: ⁠https://www.routledge.com/Technology-and-Domestic-and-Family-Violence-Victimisation-Perpetration/Harris-Woodlock/p/book/9780367521431⁠ 

• The Palgrave Handbook of Gendered Violence and Technology: ⁠https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-83734-1⁠ 

News articles:

• The first UK prosecution for stalking using a smart device: ⁠https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/jealous-businessman-spied-ex-partner-14640719⁠

• Digital hashing used by companies to tackle revenge porn:⁠ https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/sex/a42176939/bumble-tiktok-stopncii-non-consensual-intimate-image-abuse/⁠

Academic Papers:

• Tanczer, L. M., López-Neira, I., & Parkin, S. (2021). ‘I feel like we’re really behind the game’: perspectives of the United Kingdom’s intimate partner violence support sector on the rise of technology-facilitated abuse. Journal of Gender-Based Violence, 5(3), 431-450. Retrieved Jan 19, 2024, from ⁠https://doi.org/10.1332/239868021X16290304343529⁠