One of the longest lasting impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is our adoption and pervasive use of digital technology. The very same technology that facilitated the ability to remain ‘connected’ to family and loved ones during periods of social isolation also opened the door to new and insidious forms of family violence, such as image-based abuse and geolocation tracking. The concept of "spacelessness" entered our professional language - where victims feel omnipresently monitored by abusers. This session explores potential future threats posed by emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and the metaverse. Justice Altobelli warns of dangerous applications of these technologies in perpetuating new forms of family violence, such as deepfake images and virtual reality harassment. And yet these same technologies offer potential remedies and protections from abuse. In a new epoch when dystopia and utopia may be hard to distinguish, all professionals working with families will need to stay informed and adapt to these evolving challenges. Learning objectives: 1) gain a deeper understanding of emerging technologies and how they might be used to perpetrate violence and abuse; 2) consider the ways in which the same technology can be used to prevent and/or manage new forms of violence and abuse; 3) acquire introductory knowledge about the metaverse and its utopian and dystopian implications.