Technology is breeding a new type of sex offender and lowering the bar for men looking to commit crimes against women, leading experts in online harassment have warned. And despite claims that digital or online ‘cyber-flashing’ or sexual harassment is less harmful, there are fears that such behaviour could be as damaging as acts committed in person. “There are no crime statistics on it, as you’ve found, and there is next to no academic research on cyber-flashing. Certainly, there are no large-scale surveys I know of that ask women specifically whether they have received such an unwanted image,” Thompson told HuffPost. Several women have told HuffPost UK that they didn’t report instances of cyber-flashing that happened to them, adding weight to suggestions that cyber-flashing could be more widespread.

Source: Huffington Post August 27, 2017 07:07 UTC