Sophie Stephenson and Naman Gupta, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Akhil Polamarasetty, University College London; Kyle Huang, David Youssef, and Rose Ceccio, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Kayleigh Cowan, Disability Rights Wisconsin; Maximilian Zinkus, Johns Hopkins University; Rahul Chatterjee, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Abusers use technology to spy on and harass their targets. This pattern is known as technology-facilitated abuse (TFA). Victim-survivors of TFA may turn to the legal system to protect themselves, and to do so, they need evidence of TFA. However, prior work indicates challenges to collecting evidence of TFA or using it in legal proceedings. We performed a qualitative case study of legal evidence of TFA in Wisconsin. Through interviews and focus groups with 19 legal professionals, we surface current practices for evidence of TFA in Wisconsin and elucidate several challenges to preparing and presenting evidence of TFA.
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