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🔒 Cyber Scotland Week 2025: 24 February - 2 March More than one in six women in Scotland has experienced online violence. We live in a digital world. Whether it is social media, internet at work and/or for leisure, many of us now move seamlessly between being offline and online. While this has brought benefits in our ability to connect and engage with each other, the speed and complexity of technological change and the range of digital tools available provides new challenges. The technology to directly abuse, track, monitor covertly, or propagate abusive content, including with advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI generated images and videos (often known as ‘deep fakes’) is now widely accessible and available. Advances in communication technology and the emergence of new digital platforms make it more difficult to proactively tackle VAWG. Of increasing concern are the so-called “influencers” and the group of men referred to as “incels” (involuntary celibates) who now populate parts of the internet, sharing misogynistic attitudes about women, and advice on how to manipulate, coerce, exploit, abuse, and take violent action against women. As a consequence of this women and girls do not have access to their right to free speech as they are forced to change their behaviour, self-censor or remove themselves from the platform altogether because of harmful content and their concerns not being adequately addressed. This CyberScotland Week, we’re shining a light on two specialist organisations funded through the Delivering Equally Safe fund that are making a real impact in tackling online gender based violence. 📢 SWGfL is a leading online safety charity that has been at the forefront of the online safety landscape for 24 years. Their work includes the Revenge Porn Helpline, which provides practical support to people affected by intimate image abuse—helping to remove images from online platforms and offering signposting for emotional support. Through funded activity in Scotland, they are also working to raise awareness and ensure that those impacted know where to turn for help. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/efBVDkvP 👩💻 CyberSafe Scotland are specialists in online child protection, working with schools, parents, and local authorities to protect children from online exploitation and abuse. Their expertise supports education and awareness-raising efforts to help create a safer digital world for young people. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eEcaFmGH
