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  • Gendered Disinformation: Tactics, Themes, and Trends by Foreign Malign Actors | United States Department of State

    April 6, 2023

    Gendered disinformation  is a subset of misogynistic abuse and violence against women that uses false or misleading gender and sex-based narratives, often with some degree of coordination, to deter women from […]

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  • See how biased AI image models are for yourself with these new tools | MIT Technology Review

    March 23, 2023

    OpenAI and Stability.AI, the company that built Stable Diffusion, say that they have introduced fixes to mitigate the biases ingrained in their systems, such as blocking certain prompts that seem […]

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  • #MonetizingMisogeny | #She Persisted

    February 16, 2023

    Our original, ground-breaking research is the bedrock of our activity. It examines the patterns, motives, and modus operandi of major gendered disinformation campaigns and their links to the undermining of […]

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  • The Fight to Hold Pornhub Accountable | The New Yorker

    June 15, 2022

    Mickelwait pulled out her laptop, created a dummy e-mail account, and uploaded a video of a darkened corner of her bedroom to Pornhub. It appeared to go live almost instantly. […]

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  • Anti-abortion groups target women with misleading ads | BBC News

    May 18, 2022

    When Hana found out she was pregnant, she knew she wanted to have an abortion – but her search for a clinic on Google led her to an anti-abortion centre, […]

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  • Data Broker Is Selling Location Data of People Who Visit Abortion Clinics | Vice

    May 5, 2022

    A location data firm is selling information related to visits to clinics that provide abortions including Planned Parenthood facilities, showing where groups of people visiting the locations came from, how […]

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  • Disinformation is everywhere — including pregnancy apps | NPR

    February 7, 2022

    JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Like with almost every aspect of our lives, there are apps for parents-to-be to track their pregnancies and learn more about what to expect when they’re expecting. […]

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  • Gender, Political Persuasion, and Social Media: A Field Experiment During the 2020 Democratic Primary | Network Science Institute

    November 29, 2021

    Research indicates women have less influence than men in a variety of professional settings, including politics. We conducted a field experiment on a social media platform where Democrats were randomly […]

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  • From COVID-19 to culture wars: The growing hostility of education politics | The Brookings Institution

    November 29, 2021

    For education policymakers, the last two years have been among the most tumultuous and challenging in U.S. history. Issue after issue has stirred controversy, including COVID-induced school closures, mask and […]

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  • Video: The 2021 Salant Lecture on Freedom of the Press: Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Winner | Harvard University

    November 18, 2021

    A journalist in Asia for 35 years, Maria Ressa co-founded Rappler.com, the top digital-only news site that is leading the fight for press freedom in the Philippines. As Rappler’s CEO […]

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