In this episode of Beyond the Filter, Brandy and Jeremy examine how gender-based harm is being amplified by digital platforms and AI tools, using the recent Grok scandal on X as a case study. The chatbot’s ability to generate sexualized, non-consensual images of real women and girls exposed serious failures in platform governance and safeguards beyond-the-filter-ep-11.
Joining the discussion is Sophia Bonilla, Strategy & Partnerships Lead at the Integrity Institute, who explains what TFGBV is, who is most vulnerable to it, and why online abuse often escalates into lasting psychological, social, and economic harm. The conversation explores how AI image generation has lowered the barriers to abuse, blurred legal and ethical boundaries, and intensified the silencing of women, girls, and gender-diverse people online.
References
- Technology‑facilitated Gender‑based Violence: A Growing Threat
- An Infographic Guide to Technology‑facilitated Gender‑based Violence (TFGBV)
- Measuring the Prevalence of Online Violence against Women
- It’s Everyone’s Problem: Mainstreaming Responses to Technology‑Facilitated Gender‑Based Violence
- Digital Violence, Real World Harm: Evaluating Survivor‑Centric Tools for Intimate Image Abuse in the age of Gen AI
- New Report Calls for Proactive Solutions to Tech‑Facilitated Gender‑Based Violence
- Strong Words, Slow Action: The Grok Reckoning
- What OpenAI’s Latest Red‑Teaming Challenge Reveals About the Evolution of AI “Safety” Practices
- Fostering Healthy Masculinities: Building Resilience Against Online Misogyny
- Safety by design, online content moderation & community management
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