Community Organizations

Community Organizations 


These national and international organizations conduct research on cyber-security and technology-facilitated violence. Their websites provide useful information for those wanting to learn more about these issues.


Association for Progressive Communication (International: Gender and Technology)
Website: https://www.apc.org/

BC Society of Transition Houses
Website: https://bcsth.ca/

Canada Anti-Fraud Centre (Canada: Fraud/Sextortion)
Website: http://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/

Citizen Lab (Canada: Cyber-Security)
Website: https://citizenlab.ca

Clinic to End Tech Abuse (USA: tech-violence)
Website: https://www.ceta.tech.cornell.edu/

Computer Security Clinic for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence (USA: Cyber Abuse/IPV)
Website: https://www.ipvtechresearch.org/

Coalition Against Stalkerware (International: Stalkerware)
Website: https://stopstalkerware.org/

CrashOverride (USA: Online Abuse)
Website: http://www.crashoverridenetwork.com

Cyber Civil Rights Initiative (USA: Online Abuse)
Website: https://www.cybercivilrights.org

Don’t Get Sextored (Canada: Sextortion)
Website: https://dontgetsextorted.ca/

Draw the Line (Canada: Online Abuse)
Website: http://draw-the-line.ca

Electronic Frontier Foundation (USA/International: Cyber-Security)
Website: http://www.eff.org

EndTAB (USA: Online Abuse)
Website: https://endtab.org/

eSafetyCommissioner (Australia: Online Abuse)
Website: https://www.esafety.gov.au

eQuality Project (Canada: Online Abuse/Digital Literacy/Youth)
Website: http://www.equalityproject.ca/

Feminist Frequency (USA: Online Harassment)
Website: https://onlinesafety.feministfrequency.com/en/

Frontline Defenders (International: Online abuse)
Website: https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/resource-publication/workbook-security-practical-steps-human-rights-defenders-risk/

GenderIT (International: Internet/Sexuality)
Website: https://genderit.org

Gender and Tech Resources (International: Cyber-security/Safety)
Website: https://gendersec.tacticaltech.org

Get Cybeer Safe (Canada: Cyber-security)
Website: https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca

Hack*Blossom (International: Cyber-security/Safety)
Website: https://hackblossom.org/cybersecurity/

Hacking/Hustling (USA: Cyber-security for sex workers)
Website: https://hackinghustling.org/

National Network to End Domestic Violence (USA: Domestic Violence/Tech Safety)
Website: https://nnedv.org/

New York State Office of Children and Family Services: Cyberbullying (USA: Cyberbullying)
Website: https://ocfs.ny.gov/main/cyber_bully/Intro.asp

Media Smarts: Guide for Trusted Adults (Canada: Youth/Online Abuse)
Website: http://mediasmarts.ca

Operation Safe Escape (USA: Online Abuse/Domestic Violence)
Website: https://safeescape.org/

Outside the Shadows (Canada: Stalking/Harassment)
Website: https://outsideoftheshadows.ca

PENamerica (USA: Harassment/Writers and Journalists)
Website: https://pen.org/online-harassment/

Purple Sisters (Canada: Youth/Digital Rights)
Website: https://www.ysb.ca

safeBAE (USA: Youth/Digital Rights)
Website: https://www.safebae.org/

Take Back the Tech! (International: Online Abuse)
Website: https://www.takebackthetech.net

Technology Safety Australia (Australia: Online Abuse
Website: https://techsafety.org.au/resources/resources-women/

TechWithoutViolence (Canada: Online Abuse)
Website: http://www.techwithoutviolence.ca

That’s Not Cool (USA: Youth/Online Dating Violence)
Website: https://thatsnotcool.com

TrollBusters (International: Online Harassment/Journalists)
Website: http://www.troll-busters.com/

Tyler Clementi Foundation (USA/International: LGBTQ++/bullying)
Website: https://tylerclementi.org/

Without My Consent (USA: Online Abuse)
Website: www.withoutmyconsent.org

Witness (International: Human Rights Defenders/Deepfakes)
Website: https://www.witness.org/

YWCA Project Shift (Canada: Online Abuse)
Website: http://projectshift.ca