ANDra -state adequate in a Telegram chat. He accepted a first appointment and was raped. The girl attacked with a knife on 9 September is 20 years old at the metro stop in San Donato Milanese. He has 38 years old and “for similar facts” had already been sentenced. Thanks to the courage of the girl, she chose to report, she was arrested. The episode is, unfortunately, only one of the many genre crimes related to the web that arrives on the pages of the newspapers. How can a woman trust a man known online and agree to meet him live without the fear of being attacked?
From the online meeting to the real one. The decalogue for a first safe appointment
The Asilo Mariuccia FoundationMilanese reality has been active since 1902 in the protection of women victims of violence, has drawn up a decalogue to answer this question. Ten simple rules to follow to protect yourself.
1. Choose public and crowded places for the first appointments.
2. ALWAYS warn someone of trusted on where you are going and with whom.
3. Protect your personal data: do not immediately share address, contacts or private details.
4. Protect your image do not share your intimate images and videos.
5. Organize a “check” with a friend who contacts you during the meeting.
6. Keep autonomy in travel, avoiding car passages at the first meeting.
7. Listen to your instinct: if you feel uncomfortable, interrupt the meeting.
8. Do not leave the phone or bag unattended with people who have just known.
9. Report suspicious or threatening behaviors to the platforms and, if necessary, to the authorities.
10. Remember: consent is not negotiated. Nobody is entitled to your body or time without your will.
New laws are needed for new crimes. Like catfishing
The Foundation also focuses on this case to affirm the need for updates and legislative changes that take into account new forms of gender violence. “An example”, explains Sofia Leda Salati, director of the Ersilia Bronzini anti -violence center, “is the legal definition of catfishing (deceptive use of digital identity) for which today there is still no rule that explicitly defines its incriminating autonomous case. It is only an example and does not compete to us to deal with it, however we warn the urgency that the parliament intervenes. We are confident because so far these rules have always been approved unanimously ».
Hence the request for a table between the Lombardy Region, the prefectures, the police, president of the court, anti -violence centers and refuge houses accredited at regional level, for the preparation and adoption of an operating protocol on the crimes of gender violence linked to the digital world.
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