From The Desk Of Darlene J. Harris – Free Sexual Assault App and Free Bullying App by Dr. Michael Lissack – Tongji University — College of Design and Innovation, ISCE.edu Affirmative Consent Project/Anti-Bullying Project, American Society for Cybernetics
Michael Lissack
Applied Philosopher of Science
App for Sexual Assault Victims is now available for FREE at the Apple App Store
Recent surveys have revealed that 85% of sexual assault victims do not report their assault promptly to appropriate authorities. When they later do report, their credibility is often questioned. The authorities ask “Why now? Has your story changed?”
The I’ve-Been-ViolatedTM App eliminates most of these credibility questions and allows victims the peace of mind to know that reporting to authorities is fully within their control.
The I’ve-Been-ViolatedTM App is the first app of its kind to allow a victim of sexual assault to confidentially record contemporaneous evidence (with video and audio) of an incident. The evidence is double-encrypted and stored offline. The app also, utilizing geo-coding technology, stores information about where the user was when he or she recorded the video. As a legal safeguard, the video record that the user creates is only available through appropriate authorities (i.e. legal, health, school) or by court order and is never directly available to the user.
Should an unfortunate event occur, the I’ve-Been-ViolatedTM App is there to help.
Instructions for a victim to run the I’ve-Been-ViolatedTM App:
- Get to a Safe Place: As soon as possible, get to a safe location before starting the app.
- Activate and Run the App: Turn on the app and being to tell your story by following the on-screen instructions. The app will prompt you on what to say while recording video and audio.
- Recording Encrypted & Stored: An encrypted record of your story is created and stored for future retrieval through the proper channels (not available directly to the user).
- Authorities Access Evidence: When you are ready to do so, contact the appropriate authorities and they can access the video recording. The fact that it was recorded contemporaneously with the violation helps a victim’s credibility be maintained.
The I’ve-Been-ViolatedTM App is part of a suite of apps provided by the Affirmative Consent Division of ISCE.edu to help change the context and conversations around sexual consent on college campuses. See http://We-Consent.org for more information. The suite is available for individual download and on a group basis for schools or school based organizations. The app suite is designed to assist schools to improve their Title IX compliance efforts.
Because it is incumbent on all of us to do what we can to help the victims of sexual assaults, ISCE.edu is making the I’ve-Been-ViolatedTM App available for free. The App is available at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ive-been-violated/id1059158534?mt=8
ISCE.edu is presently running no-cost pilot programs at selected institutions across the United States to demonstrate and potentially improve the efficacy of the entire app suite. These pilots include educational outreach and student uptake efforts designed help schools improve their Title IX compliance programs. ISCE.edu has a few slots remaining for schools who wish to run a similar no-cost pilot program.
See the recent press re the I’ve-Been-Violated™ App at http://weconsentlive.com/IBV-Press.html
Encourage all of your students and colleagues to download this app. It can be used in any situation where a victim needs to record their story and is not ready to speak with appropriate authorities (e. domestic abuse). If its needed its much better to already have it. If you desire assistance with getting out the message, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Please feel free to contact me at lissack@isce.edu or 617-710-9565
Bullying is a pervasive problem in America. More than 70% of all children will be bullied at least once during their K-12 years.
You can take steps to reduce this scourge. This fall we at ISCE (a non-profit 501(c)(3) educational research institution founded in 1999) launched The-No-App™ — the only smartphone app which empowers the victims of bullying and their parents.
We have made the app FREE until March 31 on the Apple App Store see https://itunes.apple.com/ us/app/the-no-app/id985425348? mt=8
and lowered the price to 99 cents on Google Play see https://play.google.com/ store/apps/details?id=com. noapp&hl=en
The-No-App™ is the first anti-bullying app which immediately alerts parents to problem interactions AND creates a record of the person(s) bothering the child. This app offers peace-of-mind to both the young user and his/her parents. It delivers a clear message to whomever is bothering the child, immediately alerts his/her parents that something may be wrong, and creates evidence of who was harassing the child. It is also a tool to give parents an opportunity to talk to their children about staying safe.
Get more information at our website — http://the-no-app.org
Bullying has plagued our children for decades. While there have been great efforts to spark change, bullying continues to affect between 25-33% of children across the country. Shockingly, 70-85% of bystanders do not take action. Relying on the goodwill of bystanders and teachers is not enough.
Only The-No-App™ empowers the victims of bullying and their parents. The victim knows that the bully can be confronted and video recorded. The parents know when and where their child sounded the alert. No more depending on the words of children and the attention of strangers. No more worrying about when the next problem situation might occur.
Please tell your friends and associates and help us spread the word.
Empowering your child is an important step to their mastering the situation and moving past it.
Your children, your students, your neighbors’ children all deserve the empowerment which The-No-App™ offers.
I am available by email at lissack@isce.edu and by phone at 617-710-9565.
Please contact me to discuss how you can help stop bullying in your community.
Many Thanks,
Michael Lissack
Executive Director
Institute for the Study of Coherence and Emergence
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