This article explores the ways that gender-based violence (GBV) is perpetrated and normalized on social media platforms, and the difficulty in addressing GBV due to jurisdictional issues on the national and international levels. GBV is a human rights violation that may take many forms, including criminal harassment of female public figures and stalking of intimate partners. The authors argue that GBV cannot be addressed through the law alone, but requires that technology companies become leaders in preventing and combating abuse across their networks by utilizing international human rights instruments. Recommendations are presented for online telecommunications companies and digital media platforms, including collaboration between governments, civil actors, and telecommunications providers to create greater scholarly research, experimentation, domestic laws, and international agreements in an effort to implement infrastructure, policies, procedures, and socio-technical affordances to tackle gender-based violence.