Exploring technology safety in the context of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and violence against women.
Managed by the Safety Net Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), this blog explores the intersection between technology, intimate partner violence, sexual assault, and violence against women.
Safety Net focuses on the intersection of technology and abuse, and we work to address how that abuse impacts the safety and privacy of survivors. Our team provides expert training and technical assistance, creates and disseminates resources, and influences conversations on technology abuse and safety globally. Safety Net is a project of the National Network to End Domestic Violence.
In August, Meta’s Instagram introduced several new features including Instagram Map. Instagram Map allows users to share their live location with friends and explore posts tagged to nearby places. While the new Map feature may be helpful for some, advocates and survivors of domestic violence, stalking, and other forms of abuse should be aware of the significant safety and privacy concerns this feature raises.
Read MoreIn the age of advanced image-editing tools and artificial intelligence, image nudification has become a serious and impactful problem. As tools to nudify images have become more easily available, they have become more commonly used in patterns of online sexual abuse against groups and individuals.
Read MoreLast month, the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Safety Net team welcomed 464 people to our Virtual Tech Summit 2025. This year, we celebrated 25 years of the Safety Net project’s work at the intersection of technology and domestic violence. Our 2025 theme, “25 Years of Tech Safety: Reflecting Back and Looking Forward,” highlighted a quarter-century of progress in tech safety, illuminated the tech landscape of the present, and set the stage for future innovation.
Read MoreManaged by the Safety Net Project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), this blog explores the intersection of technology and privacy and intimate partner violence, sexual assault and violence against women.
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