Dame Caroline Dinenage MP discusses how connected devices such as baby monitors and smart speakers are increasingly being used to survey, harass and control domestic abuse victims. Read more: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
"People now need to think, 'If I go into a refuge, is my smartwatch still connected with my device?'
The committee criticised the current criminal justice response to tech abuse as"lacking" and said more action needed to be taken to help survivors, including, for example, providing specialist services for those who have experienced tech abuse and rolling out training to police forces.Cost of living: Domestic abuse rise
"Officers frequently lack an understanding of the nature and dynamics of domestic abuse, and the dangers and multiple forms of tech abuse." "The government must make it a priority to work with manufacturers to tackle this technology-facilitated abuse, which is only going to get worse in the future."'I changed domestic violence law'
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