Research
Two questions guide
our current work.
What does existing research tell us about when harm begins?
And what happens when someone asks a platform for help?
Our first project examines the evidence that already exists on adult intimate images. Our second looks at what happens when someone tries to report harmful content, have it removed or appeal a platform decision.
Project 01 · Evidence mapping underway
Evidence map of
adult intimate
images.
Research shows that image-based sexual abuse can have serious and lasting effects. But studies do not all look at the same point in time. Some focus on the creation and sharing of images. Others examine what happens after a relationship ends or after an image has been misused.
Our evidence map brings these studies together and organises them around what happens to an intimate image over time. We will look at how consent, access and control may change, when harm can begin and what existing research has not yet answered.
This is not another study designed to show that harm exists. It asks what we can learn by connecting the different stages and where new research is needed.
The planned outputs are a structured evidence map, a map of the image life cycle and, if the evidence supports it, a harm pathway focused on mental health and sexual wellbeing.
Project 02 · Stage 1 concept submitted
Testing Meta’s
reporting and appeal
pathways in Serbia.
Journalists, activists and independent media in Serbia use Facebook and Instagram to publish information and reach their audiences. They also face harassment, harmful content and account restrictions. When something goes wrong, it is often unclear which reporting or appeal route leads to a proper review and a clear outcome.
The proposed research would follow complete cases from the first report or appeal to Meta’s final response. It would examine how easy each route is to find, what evidence is requested, how long the process takes, whether a person reviews the case, what explanation is given and what the outcome is.
The project is not about describing Meta’s rules on paper. It asks whether the available routes work in practice for Serbian-speaking journalists, activists and independent media.
The planned outputs include an applied research report, a Serbian-language pathway map and an open testing method that could later be used in other languages and countries.
The project is currently at concept stage. Fieldwork has not started and funding has not been confirmed.
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