Ayesha Omar: Why image-based abuse isn’t just about nudity - Global Women, BBC World Service

BBC Global Women speaks exclusively to Pakistani actress Ayesha Omar, who is a survivor of online image-based abuse. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM It happened when innocent photos taken during her holiday were stolen and shared without her consent. Ayesha Omar and Chayn, an international organisation working against gender-based violence, say that technology companies do not fully understand different cultural sensitivities and social contexts when dealing with online abuse, and are slow to take action if the images shared are not explicit or contain nudity. 00:00 Ayesha Omar’s stolen photos 01:14 International NGO, Chayn, publish report challenging what defines image-based abuse 01:31 What is image-based abuse? 01:57 Mahnoor’s story of an abusive marriage 03:05 The photos tech companies don’t recognise as abuse 03:33 The Pakistani women murdered because of an innocent video 04:02 How does AI moderation recognise image-based abuse? 04:40 Ayesha Omar’s message to survivors of image-based abuse Watch more of our interviews with people creating change here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dhPgx8sYodX7xtdX7nHTmB ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #ayeshaomar #onlinesafety