The Zoom Signal Protecting Domestic Violence Survivors

A simple gesture allows survivors to seek help without leaving a digital trail

Aviva Stahl
OneZero
Published in
6 min readOct 7, 2020

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Just weeks into the Covid-19 lockdown, Elizabeth Barajas-Román was alarmed to learn that incidents of intimate partner violence were increasing in countries around the globe. Approaches that support organizations had previously relied on to…

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Aviva Stahl
OneZero

a Brooklyn-based investigative journalist who writes about institutional failures to protect the most vulnerable