# How AI worsens online violence against Middle East women

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/how-ai-worsens-online-violence-against-middle-east-women/
- Published: 2026-11-11T06:38:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T07:22:30+00:00
- Original publisher: DW (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.dw.com/en/how-ai-worsens-online-violence-against-middle-east-women/a-79912634?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf
- Topics: AI, Middle East, Technology, World

## Key points

- Online abuse is widespread among women in the Middle East.
- AI makes targeted harassment and non-consensual imagery easier to produce.
- Public-facing women report especially low feelings of online safety.

## Summary

Women in the Middle East face high levels of online harassment, and the growing availability of AI tools is making abuse easier to create and spread. Journalists and activists interviewed describe unwanted contact, degrading comments and threats, while researchers warn that AI can intensify targeted disinformation and image-based abuse.

UN Women research found that 68% of women in the region had experienced technology-facilitated gender-based violence, and nearly all had witnessed it online. In a 2025 study, 49% of women internet users said they did not feel safe from online harassment, rising to almost 70% among publicly visible activists, journalists and politicians; a UN briefing said about a quarter of women who faced online violence at work had identified abuse generated or amplified by AI.

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