Women in Yemen are facing online blackmail and harassment on the Facebook platform, facilitated by the failure of the authorities to take adequate measures to protect women’s right to privacy in online spaces or to provide redress to survivors, as well as the insufficient preventative action by Meta to enable and empower its users to understand and utilize individual security and privacy measures. The authorities across Yemen must take concrete steps to address and prevent as well as provide redress and support for survivors of all forms of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TfGBV) in Yemen. Also, Meta must take measures to meet its responsibilities to respect the human rights of its users, particularly those of women facing TfGBV and to adopt culturally sensitive policies.
