Taipei Times
Date: Aug 26, 2020
By: Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
Foundation raises awareness of digital sexual violence as hotline helps victims
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The public should pay greater attention to the issue of “digital sexual violence,” and people whose private images have been disseminated without their consent should seek help, the Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation said yesterday.
“In recent years, with the advancement of Internet technology, ‘digital sexual violence’ has become a new type of crime that knows no bounds,” the foundation said.
People’s private sexual images continue to be distributed without their consent, as shown by media reports, so the foundation in 2015 established a hotline and Web site to help victims, and their family and friends, consult with professionals, it said.
Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation president Theresa Yeh, center, and other members hold placards at a news conference in Taipei yesterday to release a promotional video filmed by entertainer Huang Lu Tzu-yin (LuLu), the foundation’s celebrity ambassador.
Photo: CNA
“In recent years, with the advancement of Internet technology, ‘digital sexual violence’ has become a new type of crime that knows no bounds,” the foundation said.
People’s private sexual images continue to be distributed without their consent, as shown by media reports, so the foundation in 2015 established a hotline and Web site to help victims, and their family and friends, consult with professionals, it said.
From 2015 to June, the hotline served 374 people, foundation chief executive officer Tu Ying-chiu (杜瑛秋) told a news conference at the Ama Museum in Taipei. [FULL STORY]
