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Two new books show that for the poor, privacy has never been on offer
They endure everything from subtle jabs to full-on death threats, but these women are not deterred from pursuing their passion for professional gaming
WTF McAfee.
Nature - Safeguarding our lives online requires skills and experiences that lie beyond masculine stereotypes of the hacker and soldier, says Winifred R. Poster.
The Ready Player One book used to be considered a fun romp. Then Gamergate happened.
On March 14th, I woke up in California to a flurry of shocking messages from friends, social media posts and press articles about the previous day's assassination of Marielle Franco, a young Brazilian politician and outspoken human rights activist. I didn’t know Marielle personally, probably becau
"The Internet does not hate women. People hate women, and the Internet lets them do it faster, harder, and with impunity."
In order to counter systemic bias in peer production projects like Wikipedia, a variety of strategies have been used to fill gaps and improve the completeness o...
And that means they’re illegal.
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Searches starting ‘video of’ returned autocomplete suggestions of sexual videos and child abuse content
Wikipedia’s coverage on women is less comprehensive, and its volunteer editor base is mostly male. What can be done to change the numbers?
The fifth annual event at the National Museum of Women in the Arts aims to arm volunteers with tools and knowledge to bring gender equality to the platform
And there are implications for who becomes a leader.
Writer Angela Saini deconstructs the cultural expectations that have meshed with scientific research to reinforce beliefs about male superiority and gender.
"People who do complain, HR turns on them. Executives say, 'Report it, report it, report it.' But people who report it get retaliated against"
Building culturally-relevant AI... and how nobody has yet.
When humans study humans, it’s all too easy for sexism to creep in.