Social Media and Survivors
About event organiser
Wesnet Safety Net Australia was established in 2011 to examine the intersection of technology and Violence Against Women. Safety Net Australia provides a wide range of trainings, technical advice, and policy guidance on the topics of technology safety, investigating and evidence collection, and victim privacy and security rights.
Event information
About the event
For more information and to register, please visit the event page.
This training is limited to family violence, sexual violence, and allied professionals.
This one-hour webinar covers the most common social media platforms used by Australians. The presenter will then discuss how DFV perpetrators commonly misuse social media and what can be done to support victim-survivors. Participants will also look at the data these platforms collect, store and share, and cover how victim-survivors can maximise the built-in privacy and security settings, use the abuse-reporting features and potentially document abuse.
Please direct all queries to the organiser.
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