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Big Tech Pledges To Do Better Battling Internet Violence Against Women. History Suggests Theyâll Come Up Short.
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Seven years after GamerGate, Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok have collectively pledged to put an end to what an open letter called a âpandemic of online abuse against women and girls.â The pledge followed the World Wide Web Foundationâs publication of the letter, which was signed by over 200 influential women including politicians and celebrities, and came during the UN Womenâs Generation Equality Forum in Paris.
LONDON - JULY 10: In this photo illustration a girl browses the social networking site Facebook on July 10, 2007 in London, England. (Photo Illustration by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Guatemalan lives upturned by failed immigration bids apnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from apnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
TIZAMARTE, Guatemala (AP) Alvina Jerónimo Pérez tries to avoid going out. She doesn’t want to see neighbors. She’s even changed the chip in her cellphone since her failed journey to the United States.
The 42-year-old woman is fearful her unsuccessful migration could cost her more than she can bear even the single-story concrete block house her husband built on land passed down from her great grandparents in this mountaintop hamlet in south-central Guatemala.
Her husband, Anibal García, had recently added another room onto the back. The family had borrowed money to pay for the addition and was having trouble paying. Jerónimo thought she might be able to find the money if she migrated.
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