Key Highlights
- Bumble and The Dialogue join forces to advance gender safety in India
- It focuses on addressing Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence
- Bumble’s ongoing commitment to combating gender-based cyber violence includes AI-based moderation, partnerships, and support for victims within its global community
Bumble has unveiled its partnership with The Dialogue, a renowned research and public policy think-tank based in New Delhi. This collaboration aims to boost the research and initiatives dedicated to creating a safer online environment for women in India. Also Read | Bumble Introduces Limited-Edition ‘Cricket Fan’ Badge In India For Cricket Enthusiasts
#BreakTheSilo
With Bumble’s support, The Dialogue has released an insightful report titled “#BreakTheSilo: Streamlining Gender Safety in the Digital Space.” This report serves as a cornerstone for launching a multi-stakeholder responsibility framework, designed to foster public discourse on the critical issue of Technology Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV) in India.
The research conducted by The Dialogue has unveiled a fragmented landscape in the efforts to combat tech-facilitated gender-based violence. Policymakers and non-profit organizations have been working diligently, but their interventions have often been disjointed, lacking a cohesive approach.
The Dialogue’s report introduces a comprehensive framework that identifies key stages where harm emerges and persists in the digital sphere. These stages include access, prevention, intervention, response & redressal, recovery, and research. By doing so, the report paves the way for more organized efforts among stakeholders to combat TFGBV in India.
Bumble’s Role In Uniting Stakeholders
Bumble pledges its support to The Dialogue as it convenes multi-stakeholder consultations with influential policymakers and leading experts. Together, they aim to create a unified and victim-survivor-centric approach to addressing online gender-based violence in India.
At the launch event in New Delhi, Dr. Shamika Ravi, Member of Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, stressed the importance of this framework. She highlighted the need for a unified approach and called for socializing the framework across different sectors of society. Dr. Ravi emphasized the necessity of further research to design and implement better laws, ultimately creating a more equitable digital environment.
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Endorsement By Non-Profit Organizations
The framework developed by The Dialogue has garnered endorsements from reputable non-profit organizations with a longstanding commitment to online safety. These organizations, many of whom participated in the stakeholder consultation process, include the Centre for Social Research, Safetipin, Responsible Netism, Woman of Elements Trust, Red Dot Foundation, Breakthrough, Internet Freedom Foundation, Social Media Matters, Sayfty, Imaara Survivor Support Foundation, and more.
Bumble’s Ongoing Commitment
Bumble has a history of taking a stand against gender-based cyber violence. The app has consistently advocated for products and policies to combat online misogyny, harassment, and toxicity. Notably, Bumble introduced the Private Detector, a feature that uses AI to automatically detect and blur unsolicited nude images and has made this technology open source. In 2022, Bumble became the first dating app to partner with StopNCII.org to combat the sharing of non-consensual intimate images. In 2023, Bumble played a pivotal role as a founding member of the Partnership on AI, contributing to the development and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence. Furthermore, Bumble, in an industry-first partnership with Bloom, offers complimentary online trauma support to its global community members who have experienced sexual assault or relationship abuse.
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