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Guidelines for reporting on violence against women
Useful guidance from national violence prevention organisation Our Watch. Includes examples of bad and better reporting, and much more.
media.ourwatch.org.au/report… @OurWatchAus
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📢 Researchers! We invite you to join our next webinar, 'Understanding #VettedResearcher Data Access under Article 40.4 DSA' on Thursday, 9 April. Email [email protected] with any questions, and please register in advance below...
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The growing list of official euphemisms for sexual harassment, abuse & violence concern me.
Here is latest by @StatCan_eng - 'unwanted sexual behaviour'
Gender differences in experiences of violence and unwanted sexual behaviour in Canada, 2025
www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/… (1/2)
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"Many have called Jeffrey Epstein a 'monster.' As fitting as this title may be, it also obfuscates the insidiousness of sexual violence," writes Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement time.com/article/2026/03/16/…
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Press ombudsman ‘uneasy’ about ‘graphic’ media reporting of sexual violence cases
irishtimes.com/crime-law/202…
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Mandy McAuley shared her observations of being an investigative journalist and how we should ethically and safely share victims’ stories. @mandy_mcauley #VSNICONF2026
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The words we use matter.
They shape how we understand child sexual abuse and exploitation and how we act to end it.
When language is unclear or inconsistent, it leads to:
🔵 weaker laws
🔵 poor data
🔵 harm being dismissed
That’s why we are shifting away from saying “online child sexual exploitation and abuse” to “technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse.”
This reflects how abuse today can shift between online and in-person spaces and via different technologies including AI-powered tools.
This #SaferInternetDay find out about #DisruptingHarm's work to end tech-facilitated child sexual exploitation and abuse across 25 countries.
🔗 ➡️ safeonline.global/disrupting…
#SID @ECPAT @INTERPOL_HQ @SafeOnline @UNICEFInnocenti
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Why is the word r*pe in quotations Daily Mail?
Ten men charged over 'rape' of a drugged five-year-old boy at chemsex party in France trib.al/F6A2rDj
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These were not “underage prostitutes”.
That’s not a thing.
They were children.
Not “barely legal” women. Not “junior women”. Not “young women”.
Children who did nothing wrong and who deserve justice.
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You can’t have a “sexual relationship” with a 13 year old.
It’s rape.
It’s pedophilia.
He raped a 13 year old.
Words matter and the media must stop trying to normalize sex with children.
Stop protecting predators.
Also… release the files.
The CEO of a Jacksonville dance company, who is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old student for months, has been removed from his position, according to a spokesperson for the City of Jacksonville. news4jax.com/news/local/2026…
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
A 13 year old is not developmentally capable of having a “sexual relationship” with an adult. This is rape.
law.cornell.edu/wex/statutory_….
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David McCann, the editor of The Times and Sunday Times in Scotland, has been suspended after being charged "in connection with indecent online communications" unrelated to his work bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c208…
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💻 Do you know that anyone can access the links to content funded by the Journalism Schemes, through our dedicated portal? We're delighted to see that over 2,000 articles have already been uploaded - browse them now at journalismschemes.cnam.ie/ #JournalismSchemes #IrishJournalism
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This year’s Mental Health Media Champion is Ann Murphy for her standout work. Her commitment to thoughtful, responsible reporting makes a real difference to how mental health is understood across Ireland. #MHMA2025
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We welcome @Ofcom 's Violence Against Women and Girls guidance for tech platforms, which was published today. We are also pleased to see specific measures tackling stalking, which we have campaigned for since the introduction of the Online Safety Act. shorturl.at/sPJ68
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As Irish Internet Hotline is committed to protecting children online, we welcome this shift! Language matters: “abuse” reflects the crime and the victims, not the commercial term “pornography”.
jrnl.ie/6850570
#OnlineSafety #ChildProtection #InternetSafety
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Funny how the media do not have any problem including the sex of victim and accused in this case - and in the headline. #MediaBias?
MB RCMP charge 53-year-old woman with manslaughter in death of Binscarth woman
qcountryfm.ca/2025/11/07/mb-…
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NEW Shine Media Programme online session: Guidance for discussing mental health on social media.
🗓️ Date: Wednesday, 26th November
⏰ Time: 10.30am – 12.00pm
💻 Location: Zoom
Spaces are limited. Register at the link below to secure your place.
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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🔊 #Journalists, threats & abusive comments can impact on your ability to do your job. We encourage you to report to the platforms you encounter it on. Click for a journalist pack & info on how to report: cnam.ie/general-public/guide… @gardainfo @NUJofficial
