Staff at Google offices in Granary Sqaure, London stage a walkout as a part of a protest over the company's treatment of women. (Photo by Images via Getty Images)Image: Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty ImagesBy Rachel Thompson2018-11-01 12:41:07 UTC Google employees walked out of offices...
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A "leading" British businessman has been granted an injunction order preventing a national newspaper from publishing allegations of "sexual harassment and racial abuse of staff." According to an investigation by The Daily Telegraph, the allegations "would be sure to reignite the #MeToo movement against the mistreatment...
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Spot, the chatbot that enables individuals to document and report harassment and discrimination, has launched a tool for human resources departments. This version enables HR departments to manage and track anonymous reports of harassment and discrimination, and follow up on those reports. Spot relies on memory...
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“I broke a story about another female journalist, Zeenat Shahzadi, who was allegedly abducted by security forces. She was 24. I could tell this could happen to me next,” Eitizaz says. “First, a storm of sexual harassment that lasted over a month. My social media...
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If you think your mentions are bad, imagine what @Jack sees when he checks Twitter. @Jack is of course Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter. And each day he is tagged in a deluge of tweets. His mentions must fly by so fast they look like...
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Twitter announced this afternoon it will begin booting accounts off its service from those who have tried to evade their account suspension. The company says that the accounts in question are users who have been previously suspended on Twitter for their abusive behavior, or...
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Read MoreAs part of Twitter’s attempted crackdown on abusive behavior across its network, the company announced on Friday afternoon a new policy facing those who repeatedly harass, threaten or otherwise make abusive comments during a Periscope broadcaster’s live stream. According to Twitter, the company will...
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For the nearly 20 percent of Americans who experience severe online harassment, there’s a new company launching in the latest batch of Y Combinator called Tall Poppy that’s giving them the tools to fight back. Co-founded by Leigh Honeywell and Logan Dean, Tall Poppy grew out...
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Read MoreImage: NurPhoto via Getty ImagesBy Martha Tesema2018-07-19 18:01:43 UTC Spotify's social features are what set the streaming giant apart from its competition, but now, those same features are the root of a very real problem: harassment. As reported by BuzzFeed this week, unlike other social media...
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Image: Richard Drew/AP/REX/ShutterstockBy Matt Binder2018-06-27 19:01:27 UTC In a new blog post on Tuesday, Twitter committed to continue dealing with problems that have long plagued the website: spam and harassment. Since the 2016 election, malicious bot and troll accounts have hounded users across Twitter with fake...
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