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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Priya Bharadia

Domestic abuse law fails to recognise danger of tech abuse, Lords committee told

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A report by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found 45% of its respondents had experienced tech abuse in the past 12 months. Photograph: Halfpoint Images/Getty Images

The Domestic Abuse Act fails to fully recognise the danger of technology-facilitated abuse, such as location tracking or hidden stalkerware, a Lords select committee has heard.

Tech abuse has become “increasingly prevalent” and “very commonplace now within a domestic abuse context”, said Jen Reed, the head of policy at University College London’s Gender and Tech Research Lab, during an evidence session.

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