gender
Latest
Microsoft opens a third-party review into its harassment and discrimination policies
Microsoft has hired a third -party law firm to review its policies on sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies.
'NHL 22' will add women's hockey teams for the first time
You'll be able to play through the IIHF's women's, men's and junior championships next month.
Blizzard employee says she was told to 'get over it' after reporting sexual harassment
Christine said she was demoted after reporting abuse at the studio.
The Trevor Project has a new AI persona for LGBTQ crisis counseling
Since the start of 2021, The Trevor Project, the largest suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ young people, has used an AI technology called the Crisis Contact Simulator to train its counselors on how to talk to youth in crisis.
Activision Blizzard’s latest anti-harassment effort is a ‘responsibility committee’
Activision Blizzard has formed a committee to help it address the ongoing harassment scandal, but it's not likely to satisfy critics.
NYC bill bans AI recruiting tools that fail bias checks
New York City's council has passed a bill banning AI hiring tools that don't pass anti-discrimination checks.
A former Rivian executive sues the automaker for gender discrimination
Electric transport startup Rivian has been sued by one of its former employees.
Tesla must pay $137 million in discrimination lawsuit
Tesla has been ordered to pay $137 million in damages to a former Black worker who accused the company of ignoring discrimination and racial abuse.
Activision Blizzard settles its EEOC lawsuit with an $18 million payout
This is just one lawsuit facing the house of Call of Duty.
California expands Activision Blizzard lawsuit to include temporary workers
The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) has expanded the scope of its sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard to include temporary workers.
Activision Blizzard loses three senior designers amid sexual harassment lawsuit
Activision Blizzard has lost three senior game designers as it grapples with accusations of sexual harassment and gender discrimination.
Blizzard president 'steps down' amid sexual discrimination and harassment lawsuit
Blizzard studio leader J. Allen Brack has stepped down after being named in a lawsuit over sexual discrimination and harassment.
Study suggests Facebook shows users different job ads based on their gender
Gender identity seemed to impact whether someone saw an employment ad for NVIDIA or Netflix.
Google unwittingly allowed advertisers to discriminate against nonbinary people
An investigation by The Markup has found that Google inadvertently allowed advertisers to discriminate against nonbinary and some transgender people.
Ubisoft CEO lays out a plan to change the company's toxic culture
Ubisoft Yves Guillemot announced several major changes to address his company's culture after employees went public reporting incidents of harassment and abuse.
Google Assistant gets new voice options in nine more languages
Google Assistant users outside the US haven't had much choice when it comes to voice options -- until now, as Google launches a second voice for Assistant in French, German, Dutch, Japanese, Norwegian, Korean, Italian and English for India and the UK.
IMDb alters birth name policy following criticism from LGBTQ+ groups
IMDb will allow people in the entertainment industry to remove their birth names from the site. The move follows criticism from several LGBTQ+ groups for continuing to publish the birth names of transgender people in the industry without their consent (an act known as deadnaming).
Two-thirds of online gamers in the US experience 'severe' harassment
It's no secret that online gaming can harbor toxic and abusive behavior. But a new survey by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) says as many as many as two-thirds of US online gamers have experienced "severe" harassment. More than half of the respondents said they've been targeted based on their race, religion, ability, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity. Nearly 30 percent claim they've been doxxed in an online game, and nearly a quarter of respondents say they've been exposed to white supremacist ideology.
Tinder wants to protect LGBTQ users in countries that discriminate
Tinder wants to keep its users safe in the nearly 70 countries that have discriminatory LGBTQ laws. Today, the company is launching a feature called Traveller Alert. When members of the LGBTQ community open the app in one of those countries, the alert will warn them about the potential dangers LGBTQ people face.
UN study finds female voice assistants reinforce harmful stereotypes
For the record, the appropriate response to being called a slut isn't, "I'd blush if I could." But that's what Siri is programmed to say. According to a report by the United Nations, the fact that most voice assistant are gendered as young women is reinforcing harmful stereotypes that women are docile and eager to please, even when they're called lewd names.