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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.
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Tech giants commit to tackling online abuse of women
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Twitter, Google, FB pledge to protect women online
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Paris, July 2 (IANS) Tech firms like Twitter, Google, Facebook and TikTok have committed to tackle online abuse and enhance security for women on their respective platforms.
The pledge came after consultations with the World Wide Web Foundation (WWWF).
“During our consultations on online gender-based violence and abuse, women expressed a need for greater control over who can comment or reply to their posts, as well as more choice over what they see online, when they see it and how they see it,” the WWWF said in a statement on Thursday.
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