{"id":21781,"date":"2026-01-30T14:37:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/abusers-using-ai-and-digital-tech-to-attack-and-control-women-charity-warns\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T13:37:33","slug":"abusers-using-ai-and-digital-tech-to-attack-and-control-women-charity-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/abusers-using-ai-and-digital-tech-to-attack-and-control-women-charity-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge<\/p>\n<p>Domestic abusers are increasingly using AI, smartwatches and other technology to attack and control their victims, a domestic abuse charity says.<\/p>\n<p>Record numbers of women who were abused and controlled through technology were referred to Refuge\u2019s specialist services during the last three months of 2025, including a 62% increase in the most complex cases to total 829 women. There was also a 24% increase in referrals of under-30s.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2026\/jan\/30\/abusers-using-ai-and-digital-tech-to-attack-and-control-women-charity-warns\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/89ca7cafaaf6189986238a163b499f8d031cfe72\/0_0_7167_5733\/master\/7167.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fe997e27a899a3dc198a41a7559e4d23\" title=\"Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns\" \/>Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge<br \/>\nDomestic abusers are increasingly using AI, smartwatches and other technology to attack and control their victims, a domestic abuse charity says.<br \/>\nRecord numbers of women who were abused and controlled through technology were referred to Refuge\u2019s specialist services during the last three months of 2025, including a 62% increase in the most complex cases to total 829 women. There was also a 24% increase in referrals of under-30s. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge Domestic abusers are increasingly using AI, smartwatches and other technology to attack and control their victims, a domestic abuse charity says. Record numbers of women who were abused and controlled through technology were referred to Refuge\u2019s specialist services during the last three &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/30\/abusers-using-ai-and-digital-tech-to-attack-and-control-women-charity-warns\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":21782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21781"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}