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With stalking cases increasing, this video explores how technology has created a 'stalker's paradise.' It delves into the role of social media, the digital footprints we leave behind, and questions whether the focus should be on the victim's actions or on preventing the crime itself.
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00:00It's another example of a case where the kind of genie is out of the bottle when it comes to
00:05some of this technology.
00:06Researchers in the field have described, you know, how it's basically a stalker's paradise now in terms of the, you
00:12know, as Felicity was talking about earlier,
00:14in terms of the technology that even just knowing some key details about someone can then mean that the digital
00:20footprint that people are leaving.
00:23One argument is, like you say, stricter controls around social media, of course.
00:28And I was interested to see that there's some victims are now being told not to block your stalker on
00:34social media because blocking a stalker can then remove their ability to feel connected to you digitally.
00:40And then that would escalate the situation physically.
00:42But again, like we were talking about, it does seem there's a big focus on what victims should do when
00:47maybe there needs to be a bigger focus on what we should do.
00:50Don't stalk people.
00:50Yeah, and educating people about relationships.
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