The European Commission is investigating Meta for failing comply with the Digital Services Act's #DSA provisions requiring platforms to mitigate the negative effects to young people's mental health. theguardian.com/technology/art…

A boy forced himself on a girl at a NSW high school. He was allowed to continue attending

#Rape #SexualAssault #MaleViolence #CSA Child Sexual Abuse #SchoolGov #ChildSafety #Peer2PeerAbuse #Education

Australia

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Thrilled to announce that I will be the inaugural Director of Childlight UNSW, a global partnership between @unsw and Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute to combat child sexual abuse and exploitation in the Australasian region.
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So good from Sohrab Ahmari. Twitter and social media's far-right isn't disaffected hillbillies from the holler. It's mostly contrarian urbanites and aristocrats. newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/05/…

Me in The Saturday Paper We have to break this cycle. The lack of further investment in frontline services in the Budget was profoundly disappointing. Those who gathered last week at the crisis talks are determined that this must change.

Hey you!

My article with Prof Steven Roberts & Callum Jones exploring precarious men's engagements on 4chan - and how they feel safer expressing vulnerability in this notorious online space - has now moved from OnlineFirst to full pub in New Media & Society 🥳

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This Bill introduced to NSW Parliament would limit use of permament stays in historical abuse cases. As shown in our 4 Corners story, Hiding Behind Tombstones, churches, Scouts, etc use stays to stop survivors having their day in court, thwarting post-Royal Commission law reform.

Examining how tech-facilitated child sexual exploitation has flourished within the laissez faire regulatory frameworks of neoliberalism, Michael Salter & Sokolov argue that political economy should play a more central role in theorising about this issue. shorturl.at/cgIN0

The Phoenix 11 on Meta's response to their question submitted by Sen Lindsey Graham at January's Big Tech hearing:
'We cannot emphasize enough how insufficient & irrelevant this response is to the ongoing threats & revictimization we continue to suffer.' thephoenix11.com/statements/met…

For more than 50yrs, the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle allowed and covered up a network of paedophile priests who sexually abused hundreds of children in their care. I spoke to
Anne Manne abt her incredible account of it, Crimes of the Cross abc.net.au/listen/program…

1. After the wave of false & misleading claims that Signal spread during passage of the #OnlineSafetyAct , cry me a river
2. Regulate the lot of them, now

Scientist found with 68,000 child pictures spared jail - BBC News - ‘I find it hard to understand how a man in your position can do this’ - these people walk among us - they are part of society. Get fucking real. #MakeMenAccountable bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

There’s no contradiction between saying that domestic violence is a reflection of patriarchal values and that alcohol abuse increases the risk of domestic violence. Antisocial attitudes are often revealed under the influence of alcohol.

“We are on the cusp of making generational change in tackling the crisis in gender-based violence and violence against children,” actor and family violence survivor-advocate Kym Valentine (Kym Valentine) writes in the The Sydney Morning Herald. smh.com.au/national/too-o…

“For a long time it was tacitly accepted in French culture that the celebration of male genius and creative self-expression took precedence over the sexual boundaries of women, and sometimes those of children.” unherd.com/?p=498301

Thanks to Kym Valentine for calling out Australia's outdated liquor licensing laws that are completely inadequate for the digital age. Alcohol's role in death, suicide, injury and family violence continues to rise unabated. The time to act is now.

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“To hear Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commissioner Micaela Cronin say that alcohol is “undeniably a factor” in these crimes, and that it can lead to more serious violence, was a huge relief for those of us who have lived through that reality” smh.com.au/national/too-o…

I see an op ed piece in the SMH arguing that alcohol abuse is part of the problem. Times have changed. Twenty years ago when I made the same point in a meeting to help design the Women’s Safety Survey, I was accused of making excuses for violent men.

Women and children are fleeing the country to escape #DFV and don’t yet have access to legal assistance, despite last year’s budget commitments. The #Hague Convention is not designed to appropriately respond to DFV. Hague Mothers

An awful story about a woman who fled from her husband who had been convicted five times of domestic abuse charges with her children, and now may be forced to come home thanks to international convention never designed to deal with DV.

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