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In this episode, we ruminate on online dating, safety and surveillance through one case study: the Tea App, a platform built to help women stay safe that ended up exposing the very women it was meant to protect. We start with the real problem, women’s safety in a country where gender-based violence is a daily reality, and ask what separates care from surveillance when they look exactly the same.
In this episode, Siya Thwala discusses online dating, safety and surveillance looking into the Tea App as a case study, a platform built to help women stay safe that ended up exposing the very women it was meant to protect. We ruminate on the real challenge; women’s safety in a country where gender-based violence is a daily reality, and ask what separates care from surveillance when they look exactly the same.
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