New Zealand’s online safety organisation, Netsafe, partnered with Australia’s eSafety Commissioner for the conference – bringing together world-leading online safety professionals to explore the human experience in online spaces. Panoho told Stuff the internet had become another mechanism to marginalise women, particularly indigenous women, at a “rampant” pace. But she believed online had not become the environment that would help empower indigenous women, “which we hoped it would be”. Māori Women's Development Inc CEO Linda Clay, Nordstrom, Cartledge, and Panoho spoke about their shared experiences as indigenous women online. Everyone deserved to be safe online “and the online safety ecosystem needs to come together to make that happen”.

Source: Stuff October 25, 2023 03:53 UTC