UK Parliament's Science & Technology Committee have opened an inquiry into technology-facilitated abuse which closes on 4 November. Anyone is welcome to submit evidence (but note that it needs to be new stuff not published elsewhere, and submissions will become public if they are accepted). Generally organisations submit evidence to this sort of thing.
This is the main info page https://committees.parliament.uk/work/10015/technologyfacilitated-abuse/
There's a news story about the growing problem and the scope of the inquiry https://committees.parliament.uk/work/10015/technologyfacilitated-abuse/news/218101/tech-abuse-a-growing-threat/
This is the page for anyone(s) that wants to submit evidence - you'll be taken through several pages of things to watch out for before getting to the form https://committees.parliament.uk/submission/3995/#/evidence/3995/call-for-evidence
More general info about contributing to an inquiry https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/135/science-and-technology-committee-commons/content/116404/get-involved/
The questions under consideration for this inquiry are -
- In what ways is technology used to facilitate abuse of individuals – particularly women and girls – and how are these changing?
How should technology-facilitated abuse be defined?
What forms of abuse are most commonly facilitated through technology?
Which groups are most affected, and are some groups disproportionately targeted?
What new technologies or devices are facilitating abuse?
- What responsibilities should technology companies and online platforms have for preventing or mitigating technology-facilitated abuse?
- How effective are existing platform policies, reporting systems and moderation processes?
- How should tech companies identify and respond to risks associated with new products, services and features?
- To what extent does existing legislation and policy address technology-facilitated abuse?
- How can Government ensure that protections keep pace with technological developments?
I'm not involved in the committee, just a subscriber to their mailing list - currently trying to find out how I originally subscribed so I can share the right link in case you want to subscribe too. I think the 'Committee Corridor' newsletter one linked on their main page might be a different one though.
Jo