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View all search resultsCyberviolence targets govt critics: SAFEnet
The report revealed that 60 complaints related to gender-based cyber violence were recorded in 2019.
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igital violence has shown an alarming increase throughout 2019, especially leveled at women and critical voices against authorities, according to a report launched by the Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet).
The report revealed that 60 complaints related to gender-based cyber violence were recorded in 2019, said SAFEnet executive director Samar Juniarto.
“SAFEnet received 60 reports, of which 44 we received from Komnas Perempuan [the National Commission on Violence Against Women] as our partner,” Damar said during the report’s launch on Friday as reported by kompas.com.
He said another 16 reports came in through the group’s communication channels, including those referred by other communities.
From the 60 cases, 53 plaintiffs were women while the rest declined to reveal their gender.
The most reported form of gender-based cyber violence is the spread of private videos without consent, with a total of 45 cases. There were also seven cases involving privacy violations, two cases of impersonations and three cases involving the spread of intimate photos in the digital sphere without consent. Other reports include public shaming and other forms of privacy violations.
Damar explained that most of the cases had been driven by revenge by a spouse or former spouses, as well as unequal relationships between men and women.
