Regulating tech-sex and managing image-based sexual abuse: an Australian perspective

Anne-Maree Farrell; Nicole Shackleton; Elizabeth Agnew; Samantha Hopkins; Jennifer Power

doi:10.1080/13600834.2022.2119208

Regulating tech-sex and managing image-based sexual abuse: an Australian perspective

Anne-Maree Farrell^*
, Nicole Shackleton
, Elizabeth Agnew
, Samantha Hopkins
, Jennifer Power

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Law

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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.

Original language	English
Number of pages	18
Journal	Information and Communications Technology Law
Early online date	01 Sept 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13600834.2022.2119208
Publication status	Early online date - 01 Sept 2022

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