Opinion: Dominant technology is harming women, and alternatives are starved for resources


Algorithms such as Instagram’s steer women toward posts with unrealistic content, which the companies know fuel deeply unhelpful social comparisons. — Photo by Andrea Piacquadio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/young-annoyed-female-freelancer-using-laptop-at-home-3808008/

There is an implicit war underway within the tech world between good and, if not quite “evil,” then at least “not good.” Good is not winning because it’s massively outgunned.

Nowhere is this easier to see than in the exploitation and harming of women.

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