sexual harassment
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Pornhub Says Digitally Generated ‘Deepfakes’ Are Non-Consensual And It Will Remove Them
After Reddit and image-hosting platform Gfycat began removing porn videos digitally altered via machine-learning techniques to swap performers’ faces with those of someone else’s – a genre known as deepfakes – porn site Pornhub is following their lead.
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Microsoft Is Making It Easier For Some Employees To Sue Over Sexual Harassment And Gender Discrimination
Sexual misconduct allegations have rocked Silicon Valley’s world this year. An outpouring of accusations have shone an unavoidable spotlight on the industry’s systemic issues, and yet before Susan Fowler opened the floodgates, it was rare to witness a public claim filed against a company. That’s largely because most major tech companies force their employees into…
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IGN Staff Walk Out After Former Employee’s Sexual Harassment Claims
Prominent staff at the gaming site IGN say they have walked out today in the wake of allegations late last week that a former editor sexually harassed two women at the company.
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Robert Scoble’s Flawed Understanding Of Sexual Harassment
Multiple women have come forward accusing tech evangelist Robert Scoble of sexual harassment and assault. His former Rackspace colleague Michelle Greer and journalist Quinn Norton both accused Scoble of groping them in the early 2010s. Scoble responded to the accusations in an interview with USA Today, alleging that the sexual harassment happened at a time…