What you need to know about digital abuse in relationships

Signs

• Being told who you can and can't be friends with on different social media networking sites. 
• Pressure to send explicit texts, photos, or videos of yourself. 
• Receiving explicit texts, photos, or videos without having consented to it. 
• Threats to harm themself or you if you do not send explicit texts, photos, or videos of yourself. 
• Experiencing revenge porn. This includes the threat and distribution of sexually explicit photos or videos of a person without their consent. 
• Insisting on managing your online passwords. 
• Looking through your phone and monitoring your pictures, texts, calls, and emails. 
• Putting you down in any way via a group text chain, individual text chain, online, or social media post. 
• Attempts to doxx or reveal your personal information without your consent on an online platform, specifically your personal phone number, housing address, workplace, educational institution, and family background. 

Symptoms

• Low self-esteem when surfing social media 
• Feeling overwhelmed in certain digital interactions 
• Not feeling physically safe 
• A sense of obligation regarding maintaining an online presence 
• Experiencing dread when engaging with a certain individual 

Remember 

• You have a right to privacy. 
• You have a right to safety. 
• You have a right to consent or withdraw consent to receive explicit digital material. 
• You have a right to digitally disengage from another person. 

Support 

If you or a loved one is experiencing any form of domestic violence, please refer to the resources listed below. 

Victim-Survivor Advocacy 

Victim-Survivor Advocacy 

801.581.7776 

Domestic Violence Link Line

800.897.5465 

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