This collection of articles will explore the pressing issues of cyberbullying, technology-facilitated abuse, and online violence, including online abuse, stalking, and coercive control. As technology becomes more ingrained in daily life, it increasingly facilitates these harmful behaviors, allowing their perpetrators to exert control through various forms of cyber-deviance.

Cybermobbing, a particularly insidious form of online abuse, involves coordinated attacks by groups aimed at harassing or intimidating individuals. This unrelenting behavior often leads to severe emotional distress, contributing to anxiety, depression and an urgent need for specialist mental health support.

Widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) and other digital technologies – such as smart speakers, temperature controls and smart homes – while intended for practical purposes, are often used to misused to enable coercive control. Abusers exploit these technologies to manipulate and monitor victims’ environments, highlighting the urgent need for comprehensive strategies to deal with trauma and resulting psychological challenges. Research from the UK and US reveals a significant gap in regulatory frameworks and highlights the importance of collaboration with support services.

Cyberbullying and other forms of digital abuse, such as revenge porn, cyberaggression, and cyberflashing, further exacerbate this problem. A nuanced understanding of all forms of cyber deviance and their consequences is necessary to effectively combat technology-facilitated abuse.

This collection seeks to offer an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on the intersections of psychiatric disorders, psychological well-being, and digital control dynamics. It will examine original research, evidence-based analyzes and theoretical articles that bridge cyber-deviance studies and psychiatric knowledge, with the aim of improving understanding and support for those affected by cyber-bullying, associated online violence and domestic violence through technology.

Keywords: Cyberdeviance, cyberstalking, technology-facilitated abuse, coercive control, domestic violence, cyberstalking, online violence

Important note: All contributions to this research topic must fall within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more appropriate section or journal at any stage of peer review.

This collection of articles will explore the pressing issues of cyberbullying, technology-facilitated abuse, and online violence, including online abuse, stalking, and coercive control. As technology becomes more ingrained in daily life, it increasingly facilitates these harmful behaviors, allowing their perpetrators to exert control through various forms of cyber-deviance.

Cybermobbing, a particularly insidious form of online abuse, involves coordinated attacks by groups aimed at harassing or intimidating individuals. This unrelenting behavior often leads to severe emotional distress, contributing to anxiety, depression and an urgent need for specialist mental health support.

Widespread adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) and other digital technologies – such as smart speakers, temperature controls and smart homes – while intended for practical purposes, are often used to misused to enable coercive control. Abusers exploit these technologies to manipulate and monitor victims’ environments, highlighting the urgent need for comprehensive strategies to deal with trauma and resulting psychological challenges. Research from the UK and US reveals a significant gap in regulatory frameworks and highlights the importance of collaboration with support services.

Cyberbullying and other forms of digital abuse, such as revenge porn, cyberaggression, and cyberflashing, further exacerbate this problem. A nuanced understanding of all forms of cyber deviance and their consequences is necessary to effectively combat technology-facilitated abuse.

This collection seeks to offer an interdisciplinary perspective, focusing on the intersections of psychiatric disorders, psychological well-being, and digital control dynamics. It will examine original research, evidence-based analyzes and theoretical articles that bridge cyber-deviance studies and psychiatric knowledge, with the aim of improving understanding and support for those affected by cyber-bullying, associated online violence and domestic violence through technology.

Keywords: Cyberdeviance, cyberstalking, technology-facilitated abuse, coercive control, domestic violence, cyberstalking, online violence

Important note: All contributions to this research topic must fall within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more appropriate section or journal at any stage of peer review.