In the third cycle of the Feminist Internet Research Network (FIRN), our research focused on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV).

Feminist talk
“It’s What We’ve Got”: Inside Telegram’s Desi Queer Underground
Telegram is widely known for its lack of privacy-by-design and disregard for users' safety. Yet, in India, LGBTQIA+ communities are using it to seek connections when mainstream platforms and deeply violent society continue to fail them.

Publication
[CLOSED] Call for Pitches: Intersectional Vulnerabilities and the Machinery of Gendered Disinformation in India
GenderIT is accepting pitches from India around gendered disinformation and how it impacts people living with intersecting vulnerable identities. Deadline to submit is Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Feminist talk
Generative AI And Deepfakes: Is There A Way Forward?
Generative AI has commercialised deepfake apps that are "nudifying" people without their consent. These apps boast about their ease of use, but the worrying aspect is the believability of the content being produced by these apps and the resulting impact. Anmol Irfan examines whether there's a future with this technology where women and gender diverse people are safe?

In depth
[Part 2] Image-Based Abuse: A Practical Legal Guide to Control The Spread of Content in India
This guide offers practical suggestions for victim-survivors of image-based abuse, especially those living in the global majority world, to remove the violative content while safeguarding their privacy and identity online. It may also be useful for those who support or accompany victim-survivors. This guide contains two parts.

In depth
[Part 1] Image-Based Abuse: A Practical Technical Guide to Control The Spread of Content
This guide offers practical suggestions for victim-survivors of image-based abuse, especially those living in the global majority world, to remove the violative content while safeguarding their privacy and identity online. It may also be useful for those who support or accompany victim-survivors. This guide contains two parts.

Unmute and Uplift: Online Solidarity Movements Highlighting the Struggles of Structurally Silenced Women
This special edition of GenderIT brings together five powerful stories from OVOF project partners in Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, and India, spotlighting the lived struggles of structurally silenced women and people. These stories capture not only the harsh realities of gender-based violence – violence that magnifies existing inequalities – but also the fierce resilience and community-driven…

