Prioritized reporting

Last Updated 6/9/25

Definition: Prioritize reports of TFGBV over reports of less time-sensitive harms.

Abuse Types:

Deceptive synthetic media Doxxing Sexual extortion Voyeuristic recording

Impact Types:

Sexual harm Physical harm Infringement of rights & freedoms Economic harm

Targets:

Public figure Organization, group, community Private individual

Responsible Organizations:

Cloud Hosting Providers non-governmental organization (NGO) / Third-party tool Digital platform Digital marketplace AI generation organization Internet of Things developer Payment processor / financial service Regulatory entity

The information on this page is adapted with permission from Prevention by Design by lead authors Lena Slachmuijlder and Sofia Bonilla.

TFGBV, especially many forms of intimate-image abuse, can cause lasting harm immediately to both the target and the community around them. By prioritizing these reports, the scale of the harm can be significantly decreased.

References

Slachmuijlder, L., & Bonilla, S. (2025). Prevention by design: A roadmap for tackling TFGBV at the source. https://techandsocialcohesion.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Prevention-by-Design-A-Roadmap-for-Tackling-TFGBV-at-the-Source.pdf

Limitations

Mass reporting can be weaponised as part of coordinated attacks against victim-survivors. This misuse is a technique of coordinated abuse deployed as a form of brigading.

Brigading involves a group of people working together to harass or silence others through high-volume techniques such as mass commenting, posting or reporting.
Sometimes facilitated by the mass creation of fake and imposter accounts, brigading has become a key feature of ‘networked gaslighting’ of women journalists.

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