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Track, harass, repeat: Investigating attitudes that normalise tech-based coercive control

This summary report explores attitudes and expectations that could normalise the use of tech-based coercive control in relationships.

Online requests to arrange or assist with sexual images or information about children

A small but substantial number of adults in Australia have received online requests for facilitated child sexual exploitation, according to an eSafety research publication.

Adolescent encounters with online pornography

Encounters with online pornography, whether intentional or unintentional, are widespread in the online lives of adolescents in Australia, according to eSafety’s recent research publication.

Insights from eSafety’s image-based abuse reporting and removal scheme

eSafety has been handling an increasing volume of reports to the image-based abuse reporting and removal scheme, led by an increase in reports of sexual extortion, according to a new eSafety publication.

Sexual extortion of Australian adolescents

As part of a study, led by the Australian Institute of Criminology, 1,953 adolescents aged 16 to 18 years were surveyed to measure the extent and nature of sexual extortion in adolescence.

Children and social media

Most 8 to 12-year-old children in Australia have used social media or messaging services, according to eSafety’s recent national survey.

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