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Amnesty says social media firm must do more to support users who report harassment
#MeToo has not much altered the science professions, and it likely won’t until the culture of science is dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up.
Frustrated by Twitter's silence on abuse against women, Amnesty International crowdsourced its own data and found that the platform was especially toxic for black women.
Pop star Taylor Swift reportedly used facial recognition software at a Los Angeles concert venue to scan the crowd for any of her known stalkers.
Company faced historic staff backlash following revelation it paid out $90m to an executive accused of sexual misconduct
Links, rechts, progressief, conservatief: allemaal noemen we onszelf vrijdenkers, wars van religieuze dogma’s en politieke correctheid. Maar in de strijd om ons eigen gelijk, lijken we meer en meer op de moraalridders die we zeggen niet te zijn.
Riots and lynchings around the world have been inked to misinformation and hate speech on Facebook.
How communities struggle — and sometimes fail — to stop sexual assault
Twitter faces more challenges than most technology companies: ISIS terrorists, trolls, bots, and Donald Trump. But its last line of defense, the company’s head of trust and safety, Del Harvey, isn’t making things easier. “Del overcomplicates things . . . and you can see that in the way some of these things are handled publicly.”
Nicole Slotterbeck wasn’t just annoyed by the “mystery” packages that kept arriving from Amazon. She was frightened. First was the bra — in her size. Then came even more intimate merchandise on Feb. 7.
The Paradox of Tolerance: should intolerance be tolerated?
The claims against John Draper, better known as Cap'n Crunch, a pioneer hacker and an early associate of Apple cofounders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs, are yet another example of how celebrity ca
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Toen ik op klaarlichte dag onder mijn rok werd gegrepen, ervoer ik hoe hevig seksuele intimidatie je hoofd binnendringt. Angst slaat je gedachten lam, voorzichtigheid maakt je wereld kleiner. De seksuele intimidatie waarmee bijna alle vrouwen te maken krijgen, is daarom een groter probleem dan ze misschien lijkt.
The following are remarks by Data & Society Founder and President danah boyd for her keynote at the 2017 Strata Data Conference in New York…
Hoe een parallelle rechtsstaat uiteindelijk onze vrijheid ondermijnt We doen het allemaal wel eens: mensen die iets doms hebben gezegd publiekelijk veroordelen. Maar het loopt uit de hand, vooral op internet. Op 8 oktober 2015 mocht ik in De Rode Hoed een lezing uitspreken voor een zaal met rechters en officieren van justitie. Een verkorte …
<h3>What is the Notifications timeline?</h3>
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<li>The <a href="https://twitter.com/i/notifications">Notifications</a>; timeline offers a simple way to see how others on Twitter are interacting with
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<li>The <a href="https://twitter.com/i/notifications">Notifications</a>; timeline offers a simple way to see how others on Twitter are interacting with
Who should decide what is hate speech in an online global community?
Leaked policies guiding moderators on what content to allow are likely to fuel debate about social media giant’s ethics
In the UK one in five women has been a target of sexual violence. Can technology step in where institutions have failed?
Yesterday, an anonymous Twitter user targeted Vanity Fair contributing editor Kurt Eichenwald with a tweet meant to trigger a seizure, the writer revealed this morning. Eichenwald has epilepsy, and...
Are you the unhappy owner of an unwanted dick pic? There are a few next steps for you to choose from, ranging from ridicule to revenge
Sexual misconduct, discrimination and retaliation are rampant and often ignored in tech startups that reject HR practices, women and people of color say
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For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech — it’s virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnati...
Instagram announces anti-harassment tools, overtaking Twitter
The chief executive of the company reached out to her.