This TED Talk gives a chilling insight into how technology can enable people’s photographs to be linked to their online data. There is no such thing as anonymity in this dark new world. Alessandro Acquisti talks about how online data mining can be used by marketing companies and businesses to manipulate a person into buying products:
This BBC interview with Zoe Quinn documents her experiences of being one of the main victims of the #Gamergate scandal. Zoe details her life now since she was targeted in a collective campaign of misogynistic harassment online:
The Shona Project is a multi-award-winning non profit whose aim is to educate, empower, and inspire today’s Irish girls to become tomorrow’s strong, confident, and curious young women. They have produced a YouTube video interview with Jackie Cox about the origins of Coco’s Law. Coco’s Law was drafted in Ireland so that young people are less likely to experience the detrimental impact negative behaviour online can have on their lives. It is a heartbreaking story about the events that led to a young girl’s suicide, which then resulted in the Irish State proactively legislating against the sharing of intimate images online without consent. There is a trigger warning labelled with self-harm and suicide associated with this video. Permission to use this video has been granted by the Shona Project and Jackie Cox:
ExtremeCalls hosted by Dr Stephane Baele (University of Exeter) interviews Dr. Debbie Ging about her work mapping out the ‘Manosphere’ and the role of incels online. ExtremeCalls specialises in documenting extremist behaviour and propaganda and interviews experts in their fields: