How Can You Help Someone Impacted by Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence?
Navigating technology-facilitated gender-based violence can be frustrating and confusing. You may not know where to start or what resources would be best for the person being victimized. The resources on this page can you learn for more technology-facilitated gender-based violence, how to identify a Deepfake, and how to report a sexually explicit image of yourself or a loved one.
NYS Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline
The NYS Domestic and Sexual Violence Hotline is free, confidential, available 24/7, 365 days a year, and available in most languages.
Text: 844.997.212
Call: 800.942.6906
Chat: opdv.ny.gov
How Can I Report Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence?
All technology abuse can be reported to your local law enforcement.
As technology evolves, so do ways to report technology facilitated abuse! These resources can help you report technology facilitated abuse and connect you to experts who can help.
Need help reporting sextortion, image-based abuse, or Deepfakes?
NYS Police
- For online sexual exploitation: Internet Crimes Against Children | New York State Police
- 1-800-THE-LOST
- CyberTip Report
FBI
- 1-800-CALL-FBI
- Electronic Tip Form
- Local Field Office
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
Stop NCII
Educational Resources
Want to learn more about technology-facilitated gender-based violence and technology safety?
OPDV Resources
- Spot the Deepfakes: See if you can spot the deepfakes using this interactive tool.
- Choose Your Own Adventure: Spot the Flags. An online interactive story to help teens recognize healthy and unhealthy relationship dynamics, with a focus on forms of technology-facilitated abuse.
- Healthy Relationship Quiz. This quiz was created to explore the Red and Green Flags in an intimate relationship with a focus on forms of technology-facilitated abuse!
- Printable: Technology and Gender-Based Violence Brochure. This educational resource serves as an introduction to the ways technology can be used by perpetrators of gender-based violence. This trifold can be printed out as a resource on hand to help spread the word and increase public knowledge of the subject.
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National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
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Trying to Determine if an Image is Real or a Deepfake?
It can be hard to figure out if an image is genuine or a Deepfake! Use this resource to help.
- DeepFake-O-Meter
- The DeepFake-O-Meter was created by the University of Buffalo and is supported by the National Science Foundation and the UB Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development.
- To use the DeepFake-O-Meter, create a free account and upload an image!
Technology and Gender-Based Violence Webpage
For more resources and information related to technology-facilitated gender-based violence, visit our Technology and Gender-Based Violence Webpage.