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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.58,0:00:09.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[This talk contains graphic language\Nand descriptions of sexual abuse]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.60,0:00:11.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me begin with a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.39,0:00:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can I get a show of hands\Nwho here has ever Googled themselves?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.25,0:00:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.98,0:00:25.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what started off\Nas momentary curiosity
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.67,0:00:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very quickly turned\Ninto an almost five-year horrific battle
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.55,0:00:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that almost ruined my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.80,0:00:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, before I continue, I must point out
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.49,0:00:42.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that what I'm about to talk about\Nis very confronting and graphic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.16,0:00:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there's no way out.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.65,0:00:47.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a very confronting issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.92,0:00:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is me at 17 years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.27,0:00:54.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,An innocent selfie I took before a party.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.07,0:00:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I Google Images reverse-searched myself:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.55,0:01:02.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a function of Google\Nthat allows you to upload an image,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.65,0:01:05.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it shows you\Nwhere it is on the Internet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.75,0:01:07.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a split second,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.30,0:01:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my screen was flooded with that image
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.24,0:01:15.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and dozens more images of me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.22,0:01:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that had been stolen from my social media,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.04,0:01:22.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on links connected to porn sites.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.47,0:01:29.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On these sites, nameless,\Nfaceless sexual predators
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.04,0:01:34.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had published highly explicit\Nsexual commentary about me
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.06,0:01:36.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what they'd like to do to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.06,0:01:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cover her face, and we'd fuck her body,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.05,0:01:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one person wrote.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.57,0:01:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also published\Nidentifying information about me:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.18,0:01:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where I lived, what I studied, who I was,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.70,0:01:53.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but things got worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.21,0:01:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I soon discovered\Nthat these sexual predators
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.39,0:02:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had doctored or photoshopped my face
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.47,0:02:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,onto the bodies of naked adult actresses\Nengaged in sexual intercourse,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.48,0:02:12.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of me being ejaculated on by two men.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.91,0:02:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sperm was edited onto my face.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.38,0:02:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was edited onto the cover of a porn DVD.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.18,0:02:23.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perpetrators had edited my images
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.02,0:02:28.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give the effect that my blouse\Nwas transparent, or see-through,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.100,0:02:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you could see my nipples.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.89,0:02:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perpetrators ejaculated on images of me,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.66,0:02:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took photos of their sperm\Nand penises on these images
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.72,0:02:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and posted them onto porn sites.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.85,0:02:49.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Cum on printed pigs"\Nis what they call it.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.45,0:02:52.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you might be wondering
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.86,0:02:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what sorts of images\NI posted on social media.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.55,0:03:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is me, at around 19\Nat the Claremont Hotel,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.61,0:03:02.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just a few suburbs away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.73,0:03:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they superimposed that face into this.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.66,0:03:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And things got worse.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.63,0:03:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing was off limits\Nfor these predators.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.49,0:03:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They even posted an image\Nwith my little sister on these sites too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.06,0:03:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you might be thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.01,0:03:24.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you do dress provocatively,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.96,0:03:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even a little sexually suggestive,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.52,0:03:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,attention seeking maybe."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.26,0:03:36.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just because a woman's body\Ngets attention,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.01,0:03:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,doesn't mean she's attention-seeking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.31,0:03:39.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what is provocative anyway?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.82,0:03:42.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is sexually suggestive?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.22,0:03:46.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some parts of the world,\Nshowing your ankles is provocative.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.73,0:03:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just like,\Nno matter what a woman wears,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.29,0:03:55.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's always perceived\Nas more sexual than it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.92,0:03:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, I just wanted\Nto feel pretty and confident.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.56,0:04:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's so wrong with that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.40,0:04:05.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you might be thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.18,0:04:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, can't you just set\Nyour social media on private?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.52,0:04:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, these perpetrators were calculated.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.82,0:04:15.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They befriended my friends\Non social media
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.67,0:04:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,under fake profiles.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.41,0:04:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They followed the public galleries
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.95,0:04:24.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the events and places\NI regularly visited.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.42,0:04:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why should one have to retreat and hide
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.10,0:04:32.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of fear that something\Nlike this could happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.43,0:04:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I post and what I wear
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.42,0:04:38.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,isn't an invitation\Nto violate and abuse me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.04,0:04:42.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only person that should be\Nchanging their behavior
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.10,0:04:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the perpetrators.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.74,0:04:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.56,0:04:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you might be thinking, "Why me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.03,0:05:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well I'm just one\Nof the thousands upon thousands
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.33,0:05:08.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of ordinary women\Nwho are being preyed upon
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.89,0:05:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in these mass-scale, horrific,\Nonline cultures, websites and threads
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.54,0:05:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are dedicated\Nto sexually exploiting and doctoring
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.14,0:05:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ordinary images of women into porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.11,0:05:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.64,0:05:29.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are women who are being preyed upon\Nand they don't even know it.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.76,0:05:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the beginning, I tried seeking help.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.72,0:05:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to police;\NI contacted government agencies.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.38,0:05:41.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I even tried to hire\Na private investigator,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.30,0:05:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they were too expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.08,0:05:45.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But there was nothing that they could do.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.35,0:05:47.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, what could you do
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.11,0:05:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the sites are hosted overseas\Nand the perpetrators are from overseas?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.62,0:05:56.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was told I had to contact\Nthe sites one by one,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.80,0:05:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notifying the web masters
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.98,0:06:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get everything deleted.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.08,0:06:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, as you can imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.58,0:06:07.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in complete and utter fear and pain,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.42,0:06:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.79,0:06:12.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I contacted the web masters,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.07,0:06:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,requesting that they delete\Nthe material shared without consent.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.46,0:06:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I had some successes,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.28,0:06:24.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I also had some major setbacks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.60,0:06:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The more I fought,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.51,0:06:29.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the more sites I would discover,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.92,0:06:34.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and with time, the more my images\Nwere being seen and shared
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.37,0:06:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the tens of thousands.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.54,0:06:40.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had one web master respond to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.95,0:06:44.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying he'll only delete the site
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.86,0:06:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I sent him nude photos\Nof myself within 24 hours.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.18,0:06:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this went on for years,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.87,0:06:55.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fighting against these dodgy,\Ndisgusting sites.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.57,0:06:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was fighting a losing battle,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.62,0:07:02.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I couldn't continue this \Nany longer for my own mental health.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.99,0:07:04.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what could I do?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.45,0:07:07.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe, I thought,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.68,0:07:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if I spoke out,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.08,0:07:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could reclaim my name,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:12.58,0:07:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I could rewrite my narrative\Non my own terms.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.13,0:07:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe if I spoke out,\NI could raise awareness about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.44,0:07:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe I could even try to change the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.44,0:07:27.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I did.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.70,0:07:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.89,0:07:40.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spoke out publicly late last year,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.65,0:07:44.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and news of my story\Nreverberated around the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.64,0:07:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But this was the response.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.18,0:07:49.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"She's a fat, ugly slut."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.100,0:07:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"She's a whore."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.45,0:07:54.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"She's an attention-seeking\Npiece of trash."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.90,0:07:58.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Feel flattered, baby, it's a compliment."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.26,0:08:02.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was victim-blamed and slut-shamed
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.68,0:08:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and told I was deserving\Nof what happened to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.59,0:08:09.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And quite frankly,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.06,0:08:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was more difficult for me to endure
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.81,0:08:17.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than my actual experiences\Nof image-based abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.18,0:08:22.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I couldn't let\Nthis criticism defeat me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.93,0:08:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I knew what the perpetrators\Nhad done was wrong,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.17,0:08:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I knew what they were doing\Nto others was wrong.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:29.42,0:08:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, I petitioned.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.73,0:08:35.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sent out impassioned pleas for support.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.75,0:08:38.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it didn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.45,0:08:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I got like 330 signatures,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.100,0:08:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was really disheartening.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.78,0:08:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I then contacted\Nmy state and federal MPs,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.60,0:08:53.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was referred to the New South Wales\NAttorney General's Department,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.97,0:08:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were already in the process\Nof drafting new laws
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.56,0:09:03.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to criminalize the non-consensual\Ndistribution of intimate images:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.64,0:09:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,image-based sexual abuse.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.02,0:09:08.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you may know it as revenge porn.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.11,0:09:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And soon, I became a spokesperson,\Na public face for the new laws.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.02,0:09:16.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I must point out,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.03,0:09:19.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do not in any way, shape or form,\Nwant to take credit
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.48,0:09:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for this change in the law.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.43,0:09:24.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is on the backs\Nof cybersafety experts,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.05,0:09:25.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of researchers,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.17,0:09:27.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Attorney General's Department,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.27,0:09:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of so many people\Nwho have fought for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.72,0:09:32.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for the first time ever,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.58,0:09:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,New South Wales was the first\Nstate in all the world
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.86,0:09:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to specifically include a provision\Non altering images.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.68,0:09:43.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that happened to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.29,0:09:46.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something you certainly\Ndon't hear about very often.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.15,0:09:50.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now ACT has also criminalized this,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.22,0:09:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,also with a provision on altered images.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.04,0:09:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And next year, WA\Nis introducing legislation,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.65,0:10:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully, they introduce\Na provision on altered images.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.82,0:10:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I urge every state and every country\Nin this world to follow suit
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.72,0:10:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because right now, there's no justice\Nfor people like me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.60,0:10:12.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Despite it all,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.70,0:10:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the hate\Nand despite the criticism,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:15.47,0:10:18.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite the fact that I'm never\Ngoing to get justice,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.22,0:10:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my experience has happened\Nbefore this movement of law reform,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.99,0:10:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,speaking out was the best thing\NI've ever done,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.14,0:10:28.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know for a fact\Nthat it's helped people.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.32,0:10:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I just want to live in a world
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.85,0:10:34.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where regardless of what I wear\Nor what I post,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.85,0:10:40.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm still worthy of being treated\Nwith dignity and respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.98,0:10:43.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.07,0:10:46.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, that's an idea worth sharing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.72,0:10:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.04,0:10:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.48,0:10:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)