{
  "id": 2372939,
  "title": "AI and technology-facilitated gender-based violence: How to bridge critical gaps in regulation, protection and law enforcement?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/ai-and-technology-facilitated-gender-based-violence-how-to-bridge",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-08-21T00:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Discovered",
    "slug": "discovered",
    "url": "https://apc.org/en/news/ai-and-technology-facilitated-gender-based-violence-how-bridge-critical-gaps-regulation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "As artificial intelligence continues to reshape digital spaces, the potential harms it can enable and amplify are becoming increasingly apparent. However, those most vulnerable, such as women, queer, gender-diverse individuals and marginalized communities, are often left out of policies governing AI development and use. At the launch of APC's new research report, Bridging the Gap: Addressing Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Global AI Governance, on August 12th, experts gathered to discuss this pressing issue. The panel included Daniela Schnidrig, a digital rights and policy consultant, Rebecca Ryakitimbo, a feminist technologist and community leader, and Marina Meira, public policy coordinator at Derechos Digitales.\n\nThe research highlights a significant gap in governance frameworks and norms designed to address gendered risks associated with AI, particularly technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). Schnidrig noted that AI frameworks and TFGBV norms are often developed in parallel, with limited connection between the two. This gap affects who bears the cost of AI-enabled harms, from automated harassment and deepfakes to gendered disinformation and surveillance-enabled abuse. AI can scale the speed and persistence of existing harms, making coordinated harassment campaigns or gender disinformation campaigns more pervasive than before.\n\nMoreover, AI-enabled TFGBV can have far-reaching consequences, including economic and material impacts. Victims may leave jobs, withdraw from public life, or relocate due to threats to their reputation. The report suggests that AI-enabled TFGBV creates a chilling effect, leading to the absence of marginalized voices in civic, academic, and policy spaces. This absence further reinforces existing inequalities and restricts freedom of expression and political participation.\n\nThe panel discussed the recent UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, which revealed a lack of mainstreaming of gender and intersectionality in global governance processes. While gender was occasionally mentioned, it was not treated as a specific concern requiring dedicated attention. Intersectionality was also largely absent, preventing governance from fully understanding how different communities experience AI-enabled harms. The speakers emphasized that gender mainstreaming is essential to ensure policies match the realities of marginalized communities and address AI-enabled gender-based violence effectively.",
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