Our Research

  • Toward Safer Intimate Futures: Recommendations for Tech Platforms to Reduce Image Based Sexual Abuse

    White Paper
    Qin, L., Hamilton, V., Ayadin, Y., Scarlett, M., Wang, S., Redmiles, E.M.

  • "Nudes? Shouldn't I charge for these?": Motivations of New Sexual Content Creators on OnlyFans

    ACM CHI 2023
    Best Paper Honorable Mention (Top 5%)

    Hamilton, V., Soneji, A., McDonald, A., and Redmiles, E.M

  • Ethics and Efficacy of Unsolicited Anti-Trafficking SMS Outreach

    ACM CSCW 2022
    Diversity & Inclusion Recognition

    Bhalerao, R., McDonald, N., Barakat, H. L., Hamilton, V., McCoy, D., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • "It’s stressful having all these phones": Investigating Sex Workers’ Safety Goals, Risks, and Practices Online

    USENIX Security 2021
    Distinguished Paper Award
    McDonald, A., Barwulor, C., Schaub, F., Mazurek, M.L., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • Safer Digital Intimacy for Sex Workers and Beyond: A Technical Research Agenda

    IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine

    Hamilton, V., Kaptchuk, G., McDonald, A., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • "Disadvantaged in the American-dominated internet": Sex, Work, and Technology

    ACM CHI 2021

    Barwulor, C., McDonald, A., Hargittai, E., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • Risk, Resilience and Reward: Impacts of Shifting to Digital Sex Work

    ACM CSCW 2022
    Hamilton, V., Barakat, H. L., and Redmiles, E.M.

  • Community Under Surveillance: Impacts of Marginalization on an Online Labor Forum

    AAAI ICWSM 2022

    Barakat, H.L. and Redmiles, E.M.

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