Category: racism

‘When They See Us’ recreates the story of the Central Park Five

Post author By Randall
Post date April 19, 2019
Categories In av, ava duvernay, central park five, Entertainment, felicity huffman, john leguizamo, joshua jackson, michael kenneth williams, Netflix, racism, Tech, Trailer, vera farminga, when they see us

[ad_1] When They See Us is the latest project by Ava DuVernay, who is both the show’s creator and director. You won’t recognize the actors who play the five teens, but you’ll see other familiar faces, including Felicity Huffman, Vera Farmiga, Joshua Jackson, John Leguizamo and Michael Kenneth Williams. The series premieres on Friday, May […]

Senate bill would make tech companies test algorithms for bias

Post author By Randall
Post date April 10, 2019
Categories In algorithm, algorithmic accountability act, bias, bill, congress, discrimination, gear, government, Internet, legislation, Politics, racism, senate, sexism, Tech

[ad_1] The bill would only apply to companies that either make more than $50 million per year or have data for at least one million people or devices. Small businesses would theoretically be safe. The senators saw this as a civil rights issue and pointed to recent incidents as examples. Facebook is still facing a […]

Facebook limits ad targeting following discrimination settlement

Post author By Randall
Post date March 19, 2019
Categories In aclu, ads, Advertising, cwa, discrimination, Facebook, gear, housing, Internet, lawsuit, nfha, racism, settlement, social network, social networking, socialnetwork, socialnetworking, Tech
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[ad_1] The changes should take effect before the end of 2019. The settlement also includes payouts under $5 million to the groups that filed the lawsuit, $2.5 million of which is going to the National Fair Housing Alliance to both train advertisers on compliance and run ads for fair housing. Facebook had culled some ad […]

Slack removed 28 accounts with ties to hate groups

Post author By Randall
Post date March 14, 2019
Categories In banned, business, gear, hate groups, hate speech, identity evropa, Internet, Politics, racism, slack, Tech, white nationalism
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[ad_1] While Slack’s Acceptable Use Policy doesn’t explicitly mention hate speech, the company said in a statement, “The use of Slack by hate groups runs counter to everything we believe in at Slack and is not welcome on our platform… Using Slack to encourage or incite hatred and violence against groups or individuals because of […]