Author: Yimin Chen, Postdoctoral Researcher, Interdisciplinary Studies, Royal Roads University

Online abuse affects one in six school-aged children, according to a recent World Health Organization survey of Europe, Asia and Canada. This statistic is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to online abuse, though, as this issue affects more than just school-aged children. Other reports have found that over 80 per cent of Canadian undergraduate students have suffered at least one form of online abuse and 95 per cent of anti-violence workers have worked on cases where technology was a contributing factor. These types of abuse are known as technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV). It’s the term researchers…