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WATCH | 'Secret' app lets domestic violence victims record their abuse

25 November 2021 - 08:53 By Reuters

The VictimsVoice app helps victims of abuse to discreetly document and store the kind of evidence needed to charge and prosecute an abuser or get a restraining order.

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