At Aurora New Dawn, our Armed Forces team has seen how technology can add another layer to coercive control and abuse, often in ways that are uniquely shaped by military life.

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Throughout the 16 Days, we’re sharing information and insights around our work and digital violence. Today, we’re sharing a case study from our work, as told by a member of our Armed Forces Helpline team.

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Perpetrators often use this content in harmful ways, such as for control, blackmail, or to tarnish someone’s reputation—professionally or personally. This form of abuse is often referred to as “revenge porn.”

These images may have been consented to at the time and shared with a partner or sexual partner. However, abuse arises when these images or videos are shared without the person’s knowledge or consent.

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Whilst most widely available apps are intended to be useful and created to make our lives easier, perpetrators have abused some of these apps for their own gain and to continue monitoring of their victim.

You can also report digital abuse online, by calling 101 or by visiting your local police station.

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If you are not sure what to do, you can get in touch with a specialist service, such as ourselves or the National Domestic Abuse Helpline 👉 buff.ly/qrrNSbW

In an emergency, call 999.

Some actions you take to increase your security or privacy might alert an abuser, and they might choose to escalate their abusive behaviour.

even when the person depicted had not consented. buff.ly/OGaiE5T

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(*** A recent study commissioned by the Office of the Police Chief Scientific Adviser found that around 25% of respondents agreed with or felt neutral about the legal and moral acceptability of viewing, sharing, creating or selling sexual or intimate deepfakes -

They can be made from photos or videos, often from social media, and turned into materials that have not been consented to. The result is usually someone’s face, voice, or body used in a way that is extremely violating.

These are manipulated images, videos, or audio that make it appear a person has said or done something they haven’t.

This is more than just a technological problem for women and girls. Deepfakes are being used more and more to humiliate and intimidate.