Esta Soler: How We Turned the Tide on Domestic Violence (Hint: The Polaroid Helped)
When Esta Soler lobbied for a bill outlawing domestic violence in 1984, one politician called it the “Take the Fun Out of Marriage Act.” “If only I had Twitter then,” she mused. This sweeping, optimistic talk charts 30 years of tactics and technologies — from the Polaroid camera to social media — that led to a 64% drop in domestic violence in the U.S.
Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at ted.com
Follow TED news on Twitter: twitter.com
Like TED on Facebook: facebook.comSubscribe to our channel: youtube.com