The eSafety Commissioner says there need to be conversations about setting digital boundaries

ABC NEWS (Australia)

New research has found one in five young adults believe tracking a person’s location is an expectation of a relationship. The findings have researchers and the eSafety Commission concerned about the role location-sharing apps have in digital coercion.

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00:00I have Snapchat and then I have Find My iPhone.

00:09I use Snapchat which is for Snap Maps obviously.

00:13I also use Live 360.

00:15My mum made me download it a while ago.

00:18I use Snapchat a lot and because I have an iPhone I have the Find My

00:23and I've got my family all on that.

00:26They're the apps virtually every young person uses but there is a dark side.

00:33There's been once that I was scared because I thought someone might have been stalking me.

00:42I feel like at a young age you're very impressionable so you think everybody is your friend

00:46and then I ran into a situation where someone who I wasn't very close with found out where I lived.

00:54Concerningly it's a situation known all too well.

00:58Location sharing apps are marketed to keep families safe.

01:03But researchers found increasingly the technology is being used to incite coercive control.

01:10The thing that's really insidious about coercive control is that a very determined predator can exploit the loopholes.

01:19The study found nearly one in five adults think it's reasonable to track their partner's location

01:25with the research pointing towards the behaviour being normalised from a young age.

01:30What we're really concerned about is that parents have maybe unwittingly conditioned their children to expect to be controlled and surveilled.

01:39A similar study published by Queensland researchers earlier this year found the normalisation of tracking

01:46was being transferred to other types of relationships.

01:49The technology really is the perfect tool for perpetrators of domestic violence.

01:57It puts people at risk when it comes to unhealthy relationships or more controlling behaviours

02:05and we don't equip young people with skills to navigate that.

02:09The eSafety Commission recommends setting digital boundaries.

02:13Turn off your GPS settings or keep them to private

02:17and only let people that you very much trust see where you are or where you're going.

02:24And don't be afraid to turn those settings off.

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