Meeting Minutes: Suzie Dunn – Online Harm

Note from the President The meeting will be recoded and posted in the members section of the website. Introducing Suzie Dunn Suzie Dunn is a legal researcher and Assistant Professor at uOttawa. Her work focuses on online harm and digital violence against vulnerable groups, such as women and people of colour. Guest Speaker: Suzie Dunn- Assistant Professor, uOttawa Image based abuse Non-consensual distribution of intimate images Online/offline  Both online and offline lives are integrated  You cannot just turn your computer off to escape online abuse‘Revenge Porn’- most content being shared between partners stays between partnersWant to stop the sharing the non-consensual sharing of imagesThis term has negative connotations for the victim Hunter Moore developed the site- “is anyone up?”- to post revenge porn. There is an element of male bonding associated with sharing intimate photographs of women Risk of ‘doxing’Abusive contractsPeople will post adds for modeling gigs, and when the victim signs the contract, they are trapped by the agreementCriminal lawYou cannot share intimate images without consent- This does not cover fake imagesPublic disclosure of private factsCivil lawreverse ownus: the person who shared have to prove they got consentCreep-shots  Hidden cameras in change-rooms, bathrooms, hotel-rooms, etc. Canada…