Is it Possible for a Safer, Saner, and Diverse Internet?
summary
Over 70% of women use social media, 40% show up in gaming, yet only ~30% work in tech, and representation for people of color falls under single digits; real harms include rape, violence and death threats, doxxing on Twitter and YikYak, job loss and a few arrests and apologies (Lindy West case). Founded projects like Digital Sisters and Stop Online Violence Against Women tackle this, urging police training, lawmakers using existing statutes, platform diversity, and the core claim that no tech savior exists—human accountability matters.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 0:29Jerry Mitchell
- 2:08Digital Sisters
- 2:47Stop on Online Violence against Women
- 3:16Online Harassment
- 17:05The Lack of Accountability
- 22:28It's Realistic To Extend Harassment Accountability to the System Creators
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