TY - JOUR
T1 - Regulating tech-sex and managing image-based sexual abuse: an Australian perspective
AU - Farrell, Anne-Maree
AU - Shackleton, Nicole
AU - Agnew, Elizabeth
AU - Hopkins, Samantha
AU - Power, Jennifer
PY - 2022/9/1
Y1 - 2022/9/1
N2 - A range of technologies now exist to facilitate sexual desire, pleasure and intimacy. Colloquially known as tech-sex, the growth in the use of such technologies has created a range of new opportunities for sexual expression and connection. Alongside these benefits are harms arising out of their non-consensual use. Drawing on a case study examining management of image-based sexual abuse as part of Australia’s recently reformed online safety laws, we argue for a regulatory approach that is both facilitative in showing due respect for adult sexual agency and protective in mitigating harm caused to affected individuals. Operating along a facilitative-protective regulatory axis, such an approach offers the potential to be suitably responsive to both the opportunities and challenges faced by adult individuals who engage with such technologies.
AB - A range of technologies now exist to facilitate sexual desire, pleasure and intimacy. Colloquially known as tech-sex, the growth in the use of such technologies has created a range of new opportunities for sexual expression and connection. Alongside these benefits are harms arising out of their non-consensual use. Drawing on a case study examining management of image-based sexual abuse as part of Australia’s recently reformed online safety laws, we argue for a regulatory approach that is both facilitative in showing due respect for adult sexual agency and protective in mitigating harm caused to affected individuals. Operating along a facilitative-protective regulatory axis, such an approach offers the potential to be suitably responsive to both the opportunities and challenges faced by adult individuals who engage with such technologies.
U2 - 10.1080/13600834.2022.2119208
DO - 10.1080/13600834.2022.2119208
M3 - Article
SN - 1360-0834
JO - Information and Communications Technology Law
JF - Information and Communications Technology Law
ER -