dr marthe goudsmit samaritter
@marthe.bsky.social
Academic lawyer, philosopher | Postdoc at Max Planck Institute CSL, working on criminal law, personhood, human rights, technology facilitated violence, image-based sexual abuse | DPhil (Oxf), LL.M, MA (Leiden)
I recently joined Christopher Murphy on the DOING TIME, TALKING CRIME podcast to discuss my research on image-based sexual abuse (IBSA).
In the episode, we discuss the meaning and motives of IBSA, its effects on victims, and explore the legal and social challenges that surround this crime.
In the episode, we discuss the meaning and motives of IBSA, its effects on victims, and explore the legal and social challenges that surround this crime.
March 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I recently joined Christopher Murphy on the DOING TIME, TALKING CRIME podcast to discuss my research on image-based sexual abuse (IBSA).
In the episode, we discuss the meaning and motives of IBSA, its effects on victims, and explore the legal and social challenges that surround this crime.
In the episode, we discuss the meaning and motives of IBSA, its effects on victims, and explore the legal and social challenges that surround this crime.
Hoe de zaak-Pelicot de bescherming van seksuele vrijheid centraal stelt
Op 19 december, de dag van de uitspraak in een van de meest spraakmakende verkrachtingszaken van de eeuw, publiceerde Trouw een artikel getiteld 'Hoe de zaak-Pelicot de Franse cultuur van seksuele vrijheid uitdaagt'.
Op 19 december, de dag van de uitspraak in een van de meest spraakmakende verkrachtingszaken van de eeuw, publiceerde Trouw een artikel getiteld 'Hoe de zaak-Pelicot de Franse cultuur van seksuele vrijheid uitdaagt'.
December 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Hoe de zaak-Pelicot de bescherming van seksuele vrijheid centraal stelt
Op 19 december, de dag van de uitspraak in een van de meest spraakmakende verkrachtingszaken van de eeuw, publiceerde Trouw een artikel getiteld 'Hoe de zaak-Pelicot de Franse cultuur van seksuele vrijheid uitdaagt'.
Op 19 december, de dag van de uitspraak in een van de meest spraakmakende verkrachtingszaken van de eeuw, publiceerde Trouw een artikel getiteld 'Hoe de zaak-Pelicot de Franse cultuur van seksuele vrijheid uitdaagt'.
Allround lovely time in Berlin this week with old friends, new friends, and stunning spaces.
October 25, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Allround lovely time in Berlin this week with old friends, new friends, and stunning spaces.
Great to have presented my work on online wrongs and personhood during the Max Planck Law conference in Berlin this week, and thank you to Cristina Valega Chipoco, @simgans.bsky.social, and Valerij Zisman for such a fun and inspiring panel on “doing justice to rights”.
October 25, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Great to have presented my work on online wrongs and personhood during the Max Planck Law conference in Berlin this week, and thank you to Cristina Valega Chipoco, @simgans.bsky.social, and Valerij Zisman for such a fun and inspiring panel on “doing justice to rights”.
As I was saying: I saw the most stunning Matisse exhibit at Fondation Beyeler, and the rest of the gallery still equally breathtaking.
Reposting, and so that I keep bluesky safe by not posting adult content: this time I made sure to censor the pink nude's abstract nudity 🤪
Reposting, and so that I keep bluesky safe by not posting adult content: this time I made sure to censor the pink nude's abstract nudity 🤪
October 19, 2024 at 9:41 AM
As I was saying: I saw the most stunning Matisse exhibit at Fondation Beyeler, and the rest of the gallery still equally breathtaking.
Reposting, and so that I keep bluesky safe by not posting adult content: this time I made sure to censor the pink nude's abstract nudity 🤪
Reposting, and so that I keep bluesky safe by not posting adult content: this time I made sure to censor the pink nude's abstract nudity 🤪
Saw the most stunning Matisse exhibit at Fondation Beyeler (and the rest of the gallery wasn't so bad either)
October 19, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Saw the most stunning Matisse exhibit at Fondation Beyeler (and the rest of the gallery wasn't so bad either)
I know this is a mistake but it is an unfortunate one: 'The impact of violence against women and girls (VAWG) on victims, their families and their communities cannot be *underestimated*,' - first half-sentence from the 2018-19 CPS report on Violence Against Women and Girls (working on femicide)
September 26, 2024 at 8:23 AM
I know this is a mistake but it is an unfortunate one: 'The impact of violence against women and girls (VAWG) on victims, their families and their communities cannot be *underestimated*,' - first half-sentence from the 2018-19 CPS report on Violence Against Women and Girls (working on femicide)
This hangs in my office but I am not sure that it helps my writing. wheredoistarthowdoigoonhowdoiknowwhatistheend
September 25, 2024 at 10:38 AM
This hangs in my office but I am not sure that it helps my writing. wheredoistarthowdoigoonhowdoiknowwhatistheend
I gave a paper on the right to privacy as both 'a right to be seen' and 'a right to not be seen all the time'. Thanks for inviting me to think about my work in a new context at this digital monitoring workshop @hadassanoorda.bsky.social & Jeevan Hariharan — many thought-provoking papers these 2 days
September 17, 2024 at 6:01 PM
I gave a paper on the right to privacy as both 'a right to be seen' and 'a right to not be seen all the time'. Thanks for inviting me to think about my work in a new context at this digital monitoring workshop @hadassanoorda.bsky.social & Jeevan Hariharan — many thought-provoking papers these 2 days
I had so much fun presenting my paper “Towards a Relational Model of Consent” at the SAFI Conference! I argued for viewing consent as a relational act, not just an individual decision—shifting focus to whether the act itself is consensual. Thrilled with the great discussions & I'm excited for Day 2!
September 11, 2024 at 7:54 AM
I had so much fun presenting my paper “Towards a Relational Model of Consent” at the SAFI Conference! I argued for viewing consent as a relational act, not just an individual decision—shifting focus to whether the act itself is consensual. Thrilled with the great discussions & I'm excited for Day 2!
Vandaag in Trouw mijn artikel over de aanpak van deepfake pornografie.
Per 1 juli is seksueel misbruik met beeldmateriaal een seksueel misdrijf, maar strafrecht alleen is niet genoeg: kijk niet, deel niet, maak niet. Dat zou allemaal taboe moeten zijn
www.trouw.nl/a-b9ddd13c
Per 1 juli is seksueel misbruik met beeldmateriaal een seksueel misdrijf, maar strafrecht alleen is niet genoeg: kijk niet, deel niet, maak niet. Dat zou allemaal taboe moeten zijn
www.trouw.nl/a-b9ddd13c
March 30, 2024 at 2:41 PM
Vandaag in Trouw mijn artikel over de aanpak van deepfake pornografie.
Per 1 juli is seksueel misbruik met beeldmateriaal een seksueel misdrijf, maar strafrecht alleen is niet genoeg: kijk niet, deel niet, maak niet. Dat zou allemaal taboe moeten zijn
www.trouw.nl/a-b9ddd13c
Per 1 juli is seksueel misbruik met beeldmateriaal een seksueel misdrijf, maar strafrecht alleen is niet genoeg: kijk niet, deel niet, maak niet. Dat zou allemaal taboe moeten zijn
www.trouw.nl/a-b9ddd13c
Exactly one year ago I defended my thesis on the wrongs of image-based sexual abuse. Since then, I’ve graduated from Oxford and moved to Max Planck Institute CSL. A lot has changed, many things have not. I'm still working on ibsa, writing a book, arguing with legislators & talking with the public.
March 27, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Exactly one year ago I defended my thesis on the wrongs of image-based sexual abuse. Since then, I’ve graduated from Oxford and moved to Max Planck Institute CSL. A lot has changed, many things have not. I'm still working on ibsa, writing a book, arguing with legislators & talking with the public.
Thank you to the criminal law research group at Max Planck CSL for engaging with my paper 'Fake images, real wrongs? A relational approach to wrongness of deepfake pornography' today.
Lots on defining 'real images', image-based abuse as a subject for criminal law & separation of law and morality.
Lots on defining 'real images', image-based abuse as a subject for criminal law & separation of law and morality.
March 19, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Thank you to the criminal law research group at Max Planck CSL for engaging with my paper 'Fake images, real wrongs? A relational approach to wrongness of deepfake pornography' today.
Lots on defining 'real images', image-based abuse as a subject for criminal law & separation of law and morality.
Lots on defining 'real images', image-based abuse as a subject for criminal law & separation of law and morality.
POV you’re an average height woman at the back of a Dutch concert hall [eye level photo]
March 17, 2024 at 8:56 PM
POV you’re an average height woman at the back of a Dutch concert hall [eye level photo]
I inherited my godfather's stack of scrap paper (deemed 'waste' in the clearing of his house) and now I'm writing an article on deepfakes, image-based abuse, and criminal law on the back of August 1999 print outs of computer programming (printed to be read and fixed by hand, probably in the garden).
January 12, 2024 at 8:56 AM
I inherited my godfather's stack of scrap paper (deemed 'waste' in the clearing of his house) and now I'm writing an article on deepfakes, image-based abuse, and criminal law on the back of August 1999 print outs of computer programming (printed to be read and fixed by hand, probably in the garden).
I’m reading Simone de Beauvoir’s letters to Nelson Algren. I always have some awkwardness reading published letters. These were compiled by her daughter, does that mean SdB would have been fine with the publication? Or does it not matter / do we get to decide for/about loved ones when they’re gone?
January 8, 2024 at 11:12 AM
I’m reading Simone de Beauvoir’s letters to Nelson Algren. I always have some awkwardness reading published letters. These were compiled by her daughter, does that mean SdB would have been fine with the publication? Or does it not matter / do we get to decide for/about loved ones when they’re gone?
Potato potato (10 October vs 12 December Freiburg canal views)
December 14, 2023 at 11:15 PM
Potato potato (10 October vs 12 December Freiburg canal views)
For reference: the view from the pathway in October
December 14, 2023 at 11:06 PM
For reference: the view from the pathway in October
The canalside pathway in Freiburg *may* not be immediately recognisable as such atm, and I’m not nearly as tempted to read my book by the water as I was in September, but what a beautiful view! And the roaring is quite impressive too. Quite a lovely afternoon stroll sight (but DON’T USE THE PATHWAY)
December 14, 2023 at 11:01 PM
The canalside pathway in Freiburg *may* not be immediately recognisable as such atm, and I’m not nearly as tempted to read my book by the water as I was in September, but what a beautiful view! And the roaring is quite impressive too. Quite a lovely afternoon stroll sight (but DON’T USE THE PATHWAY)
The most beautiful sight this morning, when in a misty Oxford the gates to Trinity College were covered in frozen spider webs.
December 2, 2023 at 11:59 AM
The most beautiful sight this morning, when in a misty Oxford the gates to Trinity College were covered in frozen spider webs.
Two-way Duke Humphrey's Library beauty overload, or: one of the great pleasures of an Oxford visit.
November 30, 2023 at 4:23 PM
Two-way Duke Humphrey's Library beauty overload, or: one of the great pleasures of an Oxford visit.
when we might also consider that sending intimate images doesn’t affect your right not to be subjected to an unwanted publications for them. In other areas of sexual offences we see this too: only today I came across another ‘still not asking for it’ image:
November 8, 2023 at 1:51 PM
when we might also consider that sending intimate images doesn’t affect your right not to be subjected to an unwanted publications for them. In other areas of sexual offences we see this too: only today I came across another ‘still not asking for it’ image:
And it isn’t a one-off either. A quick search shows that it’s the typical response. Headlines of “drugged and forced into prostitution“, “a victim of human trafficking”, “had to receive clients ‘or would not survive’”. All of them have “😆” as the most used reaction.
November 6, 2023 at 11:12 AM
And it isn’t a one-off either. A quick search shows that it’s the typical response. Headlines of “drugged and forced into prostitution“, “a victim of human trafficking”, “had to receive clients ‘or would not survive’”. All of them have “😆” as the most used reaction.
On Dutch Fb, the most popular response to news that a reality tv star was sexually exploited, is “😆. People comfortably use their real name to do so. She isn’t believed, “she must have wanted it and regrets it now”. It’s disgusting. The message is: her trauma is entertainment.
November 6, 2023 at 11:10 AM
On Dutch Fb, the most popular response to news that a reality tv star was sexually exploited, is “😆. People comfortably use their real name to do so. She isn’t believed, “she must have wanted it and regrets it now”. It’s disgusting. The message is: her trauma is entertainment.