GAINING TRACTION: Many women and people working in domestic violence prevention and response have only recently started to recognise online abuse as a serious threat.
UNITED NATIONS: Online domestic abuse has become a growing threat for women around the world, with their partners using the Internet, smartphones and tablets to harass them and track their every move, experts said.
While technology has presented new forms of abuse, it has also yielded solutions to help battered women seek assistance, said the experts, who urged women not to allow abuse to deter them from using the Internet or social media.
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