Agents of the National Police have arrested a man in Palma accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting his teenage daughter. The victim reported that the abuse was daily and included touching and other practices, in addition to being forced to watch pornography under the pretext of learning. A case that is shocking due to the normalization of horror in the home.
How technology can fail in detecting domestic abuse 🔍
Parental monitoring systems or content filters do not always detect patterns of coercion like this one. An algorithm can block a website, but it cannot interpret the context of a father forcing his daughter to watch certain materials under threat. Current artificial intelligence lacks the sensitivity to identify power dynamics in the home, leaving responsibility on human reporting, which often comes too late.
The pedagogical method: adult cinema as a mandatory subject 🎬
The arrested man justified the pornography sessions as lessons for his daughter to learn. One imagines the curriculum: touching as lab practice and daily abuse as the final exam. Fortunately, the teenager failed the subject and reported it. Perhaps the father should enroll in an empathy course, though in prison the educational options are more limited.