Technology-facilitated abuse can be used by a person to control, intimidate, harass, threaten, or stalk someone.
This can involve threats to share or sharing private photos without consent, accessing personal messages or social media accounts, controlling your friendships on social media, and sending hurtful messages online or via phone.
If you’re concerned that someone may be monitoring you through technology, there are steps you can take to stay safe.
Technology-facilitated abuse can impact you physically, mentally, emotionally, culturally, socially and financially. Technology can be used to isolate you from your family, friends, work and other social networks.
There are ways to keep safe if you are concerned someone might be isolating, stalking or monitoring you through technology.
For more information, you can visit these websites: Wesnet or eSafetyWomen.
If you need to talk to someone call our 24/7 crisis phone line on 02 62 800 900.
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