“It’s only online.” How many times have we heard that? Yet, digital violence really hurts—because the internet is real life.
On October 23, I had the pleasure of participating in the meeting “Underage Women: Stereotypes and Violence,” part of the Women and the City festival of Torino Città per le Donne.
I was able to discuss UN Women’s Orange the World – Unite campaign, dedicated this year to combating digital violence.
It was a moment of discussion and sharing with many authoritative voices committed every day to building a more just and violence-free society: Marzia Camarda, Silvia Sinopoli, Anna Maria Zucca, and two members of our Scientific Committee, Stefano Ciccone and Celeste Costantino.
It was a moment of discussion and sharing with many authoritative voices committed every day to building a more just and violence-free society: Marzia Camarda, Silvia Sinopoli, Anna Maria Zucca, and two members of our Scientific Committee, Stefano Ciccone and Celeste Costantino.
Digital violence is a form of violence that is increasingly present in the lives of many women and girls. It can begin online and continue offline, or vice versa. It can be perpetrated by strangers or by those close to the victim. Or digital can be the tool through which violence is carried out, via devices and apps.
Because the internet, like life, is real.
We’re not talking about “virtual,” but about an onlife world, where the digital and the physical intertwine.
We’re not talking about “virtual,” but about an onlife world, where the digital and the physical intertwine.
I wanted to emphasize how artificial intelligence can also have two faces:
• it can become an enemy, for example with the distorted use of deepfakes,
• but also an ally, if we learn to use it to prevent, listen, and protect.
• it can become an enemy, for example with the distorted use of deepfakes,
• but also an ally, if we learn to use it to prevent, listen, and protect.
Every opportunity for encounter and dialogue is a step forward in recognizing, naming, and stopping violence—even that hidden behind a screen.
