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  • Human Rights by Design: The Responsibilities of Social Media Platforms to Address Gender-Based Violence Online

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    Author(s)
    Suzor, N
    Dragiewicz, M
    Harris, B
    Gillett, R
    Burgess, J
    Van Geelen, T
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Dragiewicz, Molly A.
    Year published
    2019
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    Policy Studies Organization Gender-based violence online is rampant, ranging from harassment of women who are public figures on social media to stalking intimate partners using purpose-built apps. This is not an issue that can be addressed by individual states alone, nor can it be addressed satisfactorily through legal means. The normalization of misogyny and abuse online both reflects and reinforces systemic inequalities. Addressing gender-based violence online will require the intervention of the technology companies that govern the commercial Internet to prevent and combat abuse across networks and services. We argue that ...
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    Policy Studies Organization Gender-based violence online is rampant, ranging from harassment of women who are public figures on social media to stalking intimate partners using purpose-built apps. This is not an issue that can be addressed by individual states alone, nor can it be addressed satisfactorily through legal means. The normalization of misogyny and abuse online both reflects and reinforces systemic inequalities. Addressing gender-based violence online will require the intervention of the technology companies that govern the commercial Internet to prevent and combat abuse across networks and services. We argue that international human rights instruments provide an opportunity to identify with more precision the responsibilities of telecommunications companies and digital media platforms to mitigate harm perpetrated through their networks, and ensure that the systems they create do not reproduce gendered inequality. Finally, we present initial recommendations for platforms to promote human rights and fulfill their responsibilities under the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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    Journal Title
    Policy and Internet
    Volume
    11
    Issue
    1
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.185
    Copyright Statement
    © 2019 Policy Studies Organization. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Human Rights by Design: The Responsibilities of Social Media Platforms to Address Gender‐Based Violence Online, Policy and Internet, Volume 11, Issue 1, Pages 84-103, 2019, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.185. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving (http://olabout.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-828039.html)
    Subject
    Policy and administration
    Communication and media studies
    Social Sciences
    Communication
    Political Science
    Government & Law
    human rights
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/388622
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