There Is No Offline:Tech-Facilitated Gender Based Violence in the Age of AI

• If you would like to attend in person: Please use the Eventbrite to register ONLY if you are attending this conference in person. CLE credits will be provided (ONLY in person).
• If you would like to attend the webinar/stream the conference: Please register below to receive the Zoom invite for the conference. CLE credits will NOT be provided. Zoom registration link:

8:30-9:15: Registration and check-in; continential breakfast sponsored by CVTC (Courtroom and Rotunda)

9:00-9:30: Welcome and keynote (Courtroom)

9:30-10:45: Panel 1, "Weaponized Tech: AI Chatbots, Agents and More" (Courtroom)

• For our opening session, panelists will focus on two new forms of artificial intelligence that can be used to stalk, threaten, and harass survivors: chatbots and agents. As new tech continues to roll out every day, the panelists will discuss how abusers partners weaponize these tools mimic and scale existing technology to perpetrate intimate partner violence and coercive control.

10:45-11:00: Break

11:00-12:15: Panel 2, "Weaponized Tech: Images and Investigation" (Courtroom)

• AI has facilitated new forms of image-based abuse in particular, including sexualized digital forgeries and “nudify” apps. We’ll share findings about these new technologies, including real-world examples and their impacts, and address the scale of AI-based image abuse. We’ll also look at how the fight against image-based abuse is benefitting from emerging technology and new investigative capabilities.

12:15-1:30: Lunch (on your own)

1:30-2:45: Panel 3 (nonprofit advocates, attorneys, etc.) "Legislative Updates: New Laws, Enforcement, and What's Next"(Courtroom)

• Recent years have brought major changes in criminal and civil laws on tech-facilitated abuse, to address emerging tech and legal loopholes. Changes range from the addition of deepfakes to New York’s state nonconsensual dissemination laws, to the Take It Down Act’s new felony-level offense and 48-hour removal requirement for platforms, to laws on connected cars and more. We’ll provide an update on legislative changes and discuss how enforcement is playing out for New York as a result. We’ll also identify remaining gaps, and talk about what’s next for strengthening protections further.

1:30-3:15: Panel 4 (law enforcement/DAs), "Investigating and Prosecuting and Cases Involving Cybercrimes and Technology Abuse: A Victim-Centered Approach to Prosecution" (Community Room)

• This presentation will help participants better understand how to identify different forms of technology abuse, understand relevant laws and legal frameworks for cybercrimes, learn effective techniques in trial preparation, learn objections to common defenses in these cases, learn to address technology abuse in orders of protection, learn about digital evidence collection and preserving chain of custody in technology-related cases, enhance trauma-informed communication skills and survivor centered responses, and develop strategies for collaborating with other agencies and community organizations to prosecute cases of technology abuse.

2:45-3:15: Resource round and networking break (Rotunda)

3:15-4:30: Panel 5, "Technology-Facilitated Abuse Evidence and AI: What’s Real?" (Courtroom)

• When it comes to courtroom evidence, seeing is no longer believing. Join our panelists to discuss the evaluation and introduction of evidence in civil, family court, and criminal proceeding in the context of gender-based violence. The panel will discuss how jurists, attorneys, and advocates can identify and unmask anonymous messages, phone calls, and other contact ; assess the credibility of evidence claims and evaluate the authenticity of evidence including unacknowledged AI evidence.

4:30-4:45: Closing remarks (Courtroom)

No registration cost. Space is limited, so please only register on the Eventbrite if you intend to come in person. CLE will be provided to IN PERSON participants.

Thank you to the following organizations for co-sponsoring this event:

• New York Cyber Abuse Task Force - https://cyberabuse.nyc/
• Kings County District Attorney’s Office (CLE Provider) - https://www.kcda.org/
• Crime Victim's Treatment Center - https://www.cvtcnyc.org/
• Sanctuary for Families - https://sanctuaryforfamilies.org/
• Manhattan District Attorney's Office - https://manhattanda.org/
• The Retreat - https://allagainstabuse.org/

Thank you to Brooklyn Borough Hall for generously donating space for the conference.