5. Watched

Tech-facilitated abuse can be overt. Think threatening phone calls or incessant messages. Or it can be covert, where an abuser monitors their partner’s online activity, hacks their emails or tracks their location through apps and ‘find my phone’ services, or even sends threatening messages via internet banking.

In a rapidly evolving world, what does technologically-facilitated abuse look like? And where can you go for help?

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