The Dark Side of Tracking Technologies: Privacy and Safety Concerns

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Deep Dive: New research has linked tracking apps and other social media to coercive control and cyberstalking. 

While for many of us they’re a useful tool to check in on family and friends, the eSafety Commissioner is warning the apps can used to isolate, micro-manage and monitor others. 

In this episode of The Briefing Natarsha Belling is joined by Commissioner Julie Inman Grant who has launched a new campaign flagging the warning signs to look out for and why big tech companies need to be held to account.  

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