AI and Women’s Digital Safety
Feminism NOW26 Mar 2025

AI and Women’s Digital Safety

AI seems to be everywhere these days, and it’s often marketed to us as a way to boost our efficiency. But feminists have long known that technological advancements can also create new avenues for the exploitation of women, and AI is no exception.


Our theme this season is “Protecting women in a hostile world.” In this episode, NOW National President Christian F. Nunes is joined by Andrea Powell, co-founding director of Alecto AI, a survivor-founded tech company that combats online image abuse, to discuss deepfakes, image-based sexual abuse, and how the law and technology itself can help keep women safe.


Links:

AlectoAI

Andrea Powell’s book, Believe Me: The True Story of How a Trafficked Teen and Her Advocate Changed the Justice System and Found True Freedom

Andrea Powell’s Congressional testimony - “Take It Down: Ending Big Tech’s Complicity In Revenge Porn”

Demand for deepfake pornography is exploding. We aren’t ready for this assault on consent.


Guest: Andrea Powell is a twenty year expert in global policy and direct services for survivors of sexual exploitation, human trafficking, sexual assault and image-based sexual violence. She has published in the New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, PBS, Ms. Magazine and more. Andrea’s social justice memoir, Believe Me, can be found online and throughout indie bookstores and has been awarded the New York Book Award of 2024.


Take Action NOW: In celebration of Women’s History Month, read more about the National Organization for Women and the Equal Rights Amendment here.


Listen to new episodes of Feminism NOW released every other Wednesday. To find out more about the National Organization for Women, visit our website.


Socials:

Alecto AI:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alectoai

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alectoai/


Andrea Powell:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ankachristine

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-powell-bb53255/

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