Working from home means sexual harassment has moved online (METRO)
Georgina Calvert-Lee’s article in Metro on how workplace sexual harassment has moved online during lockdown, and what can be done to fight back.
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‘Huge case backlog is justice system’s way of saying we don’t care’: Dr Olivarius (LBC)
Dr. Olivarius tells LBC that the huge backlog of cases due to Covid is the justice system’s way of saying ‘we don’t care’.
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Lawyer for rape group chat victims says Warwick ‘hasn’t learned’ from its mistakes (The Tab)
Georgina Calvert-Lee speaks to the Tab about how Warwick university’s recent failure to exclude another sexual harasser shows it ‘hasn’t learned’ from its mistakes in the Warwick rape chat case.
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Oxford seeks to stop dons sleeping with students (The Sunday Times)
Dr Olivarius is referenced in the Sunday Times for having represented numerous students coerced into having affairs with their professors or supervisors.
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Rape survivors need a justice system that works for them, not against them (Metro)
Dr Olivarius’ article in the Metro on how the UK’s criminal justice system is letting rape survivors down.
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Pornhub are not the good guys (Huck)
“Instead of praising Pornhub, let’s bury non-consensual image abuse once and for all.”
Dr Olivarius’ article in Huck discussing Pornhub’s removal of unverified content. -
Professor Heather Savigny – harassment and victimisation
In response to the support Heather provided to a student assaulted by a senior academic, Heather was victimised by her employer and colleagues.
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The pandemic of sexual abuse in universities: ‘They’re more concerned with protecting their reputations than female students’ (The Telegraph)
Dr Olivarius and Georgina Calvert-Lee’s op-ed on how universities are still dragging their feet when dealing with student sexual harassment and abuse.
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The AI Telegram bot that abused women is still out of control (WIRED)
Our resident cyber privacy expert, Associate Honza Cervenka, speaks to WIRED about the growth in abusive automation technology.
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Biden Has a Plan to Tackle Online Harassment. What Does It Actually Say? (VICE)
Dr Olivarius and other image abuse experts weigh in on President-elect Joe Biden’s plan to end violence against women online.
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Images of Sexual Abuse Are Fueling Algorithmic Porn (VICE)
Honza Cervenka speaks to VICE about the danger of non-consensual imagery living on forever in machine learning datasets.
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Aslin et al. v. University of Rochester
We represented ten professors and former graduate students in a lawsuit against the University of Rochester for violations of Title VII, Title IX, and the New York State Human Rights Law. The case resulted in a $9.4 million settlement.