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Gaming while black: Casual racism to cautious optimism

NPR’s Planet Money reported last year on a culture shift in 1984 that drove many women away from pursuing computer science degrees. Computers were more readily available at stores that catered to men...

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Trolls are using Twitter ads to push hate speech

As much as Twitter is doing to fight harassment lately, it’s clear that ill-willed users are still slipping past the social network’s defenses — and sometimes, in very conspicuous ways. Users have...

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Web tool measures your Reddit friends’ bigotry

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Anonymous says it’s outing 1,000 prominent KKK members (updated)

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Anonymous says it’s outing 1,000 prominent KKK members

Anonymous is no stranger to risky internet activism, and its latest campaign is no exception to the rule. The hacking-focused collective claims that it's outing “up to” 1,000 people who are either Ku...

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Tim Cook says Apple will learn from discrimination seen in Australia store

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Zuckerberg: Facebook will fight to protect Muslim rights

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Racial discrimination skews Airbnb rentals, study claims

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Facebook, Google and Twitter agree to delete some hate speech

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Finally, An App That Splits The Bill So That White Men Pay More

According to the Institute of Women’s Policy Research, women in America won’t be paid as much as men for the same work for another 100 or so years. But thanks to a new app, we can even the playing...

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The return of comments

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Great Challenges Raised in Entrusting Data with Ethical Questions

Can we see data as essential, even vital, to human rights protections? How informed is data and how informed can data-informed policing truly be? Can we embrace the possibilities of algorithmic tools?...

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Will Transhumanism Change Racism in the Future?

A future transhumanist? — CCO Public DomainDespite decades of progress, racism and bigotry are still prevalent in the United States. Often, they even dominate the news in American media, like during...

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Intel execs received threats over the company’s diversity push

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Intel execs got threats over the company’s push for diversity

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French anti-racism groups target Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

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Google pulls Chrome extension used to target Jewish people

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Airbnb CEO addresses issues with racist hosts

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ACLU sues US over law limiting data discrimination studies

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The 2016 RNC was celebratory and friendly, both online and off

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