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...
View ArticleTrolls 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...
View ArticleWeb tool measures your Reddit friends’ bigotry
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View ArticleAnonymous says it’s outing 1,000 prominent KKK members (updated)
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View ArticleAnonymous 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...
View ArticleTim Cook says Apple will learn from discrimination seen in Australia store
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View ArticleZuckerberg: Facebook will fight to protect Muslim rights
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View ArticleRacial discrimination skews Airbnb rentals, study claims
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View ArticleFacebook, Google and Twitter agree to delete some hate speech
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View ArticleFinally, 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...
View ArticleGreat 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?...
View ArticleWill 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...
View ArticleIntel execs received threats over the company’s diversity push
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View ArticleIntel execs got threats over the company’s push for diversity
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View ArticleFrench anti-racism groups target Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
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View ArticleGoogle pulls Chrome extension used to target Jewish people
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View ArticleAirbnb CEO addresses issues with racist hosts
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View ArticleACLU sues US over law limiting data discrimination studies
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View ArticleThe 2016 RNC was celebratory and friendly, both online and off
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