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Sexual assault survivors are using this sex education app to regain confidence
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Erika Lust: #MeToo left sex workers behind
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Virginia outlaws deepfakes in its efforts to curb revenge porn
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How our interactions with voice assistants normalize sexual harassment
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual ...
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How the messaging app 'bthere' became a sexual assault prevention tool
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual ...
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'Consent condom' requires four hands to open package
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect individuals against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. 94 percent of women who are raped experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. ...
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How to help AI find human trafficking victims
If you could help rescue human trafficking victims by downloading a free app and taking a selfie in the next hotel room you ...
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Tech has an obligation to help social justice movements, according to this dev
Sarim Haque, a developer and creator of "Uncover Harassers" believes all coders have an obligation to support social justice ...
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UK upskirting ban proves sexual assault laws are only just catching up with tech
Until yesterday, upskirting was almost completely legal. The practice involves taking sexually intrusive photos up people’s ...
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How blockchain technology can — and can't — prevent sexual assault
This story explores how projects like Callisto and LegalFling are using blockchain technology to store vital information ...
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Sexual violence should never be the goal of a video game
For the ongoing series, Code Word, we’re exploring if — and how — technology can protect people against sexual assault and harassment, and how it can help and support survivors. **Trigger warning** The following article describes graphic scenes of sexual violence in video ...
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How AI will make the world safer for sex workers and their clients
Sex worker rights are human rights. That's why it's time to put our technology to work making the world a safer place for ...
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This Google project visualizes the global effect of #MeToo's first year
The #MeToo movement is one year old and Me Too Rising, a Google product, visualizes the movement's global effect from October ...
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Someone turned BrettKavanaugh.com into a resource for sexual assault survivors
Brett Kavanaugh never bought a domain with his name in it. So an organization has bought the BrettKavanaugh.com URL to list ...
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Deepfakes are being weaponized to silence women — but this woman is fighting back
Noelle Martin, a 24-year old, has had a six-year long battle with deepfakes after an anonymous predators stole and sexually-exploited ...
