Tech firms need to be asked why image-based sexual abuse is 'more widespread'

Corrinne Hasson from the National Women’s Council told Oireachtas members that recent reports about UCD’s 'mishandling of a medical student’s case involving rape and image-based sexual abuse' were among the most 'harrowing stories to date'. Picture: Maxwells

Tech companies need to be held accountable over image-based sexual abuse, which is becoming “more widespread” and “really damaging” for young women, an Oireachtas committee has heard.

The Higher Education Committee heard from several organisations across the country that university policies and practices need to change and that students need greater clarity.