Author: Rosalie Gillett

Dr Rosalie Gillett is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the QUT Node of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society and Research Fellow in the Digital Media Research Centre at QUT. Rosalie’s research expertise includes online gender-based violence; the normalisation of abuse; and platform governance. Her research particularly focuses on women’s experiences of harassment and abuse on dating apps, how toxic subcultures reinforce their social norms online, and digital platforms’ self-regulation practices. She was recently awarded a Facebook Content Governance grant to investigate how Facebook users circumvent content moderation policies.

May 2, 2021May 2, 2021 by Kath Albury

NSW Police want access to Tinder’s sexual assault data. Cybersafety experts explain why it’s a date with disaster.

In a recent development, New South Wales Police announced they are in conversation with Tinder’s parent company Match Group (which also owns OKCupid, Plenty of Fish and Hinge) regarding a proposal to gain access to a portal of sexual assaults reported on Tinder. The police also suggested using artificial intelligence (AI) to scan users’ conversations for “red flags”. Tinder already uses automation to monitor users’ instant messages to identify harassment and verify personal photographs. However, increasing surveillance and automated systems doesn’t necessarily make dating apps safer to use. Read More