tech abuse

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1. uncountableThe use of information technology, including social media and Internet-connected devices installed in homes, to perpetrate sexual or domestic violence, abuse or bullying.

   2016, Shalailah Medhora, “Tech abuse ‘rampant’ and has ‘devastating’ impacts on victims,” ABC.net.au, 31 October, 2016, […] most tech abuse occurs alongside other forms of domestic violence, as an additional method of control.

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   2018, Emma-Marie Smith, “Tech Abuse: The Abuse of Technology in Domestic Violence,” HealthyPlace.com, 24 July, 2018, Tech abuse makes victims feel as though their perpetrators are omnipresent in their lives and that there’s no escape—even after a relationship has ended.