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Twitter, Google, FB pledge to protect women online Adv. Paris, July 2 (IANS) Tech firms like Twitter, Google, Facebook and TikTok have committed to tackle online abuse and enhance security for women on their respective platforms. The pledge came after consultations with the World Wide Web Foundation (WWWF). “During our consultations on online gender-based violence and abuse, women expressed a need for greater control over who can comment or reply to their posts, as well as more choice over what they see online, when they see it and how they see it,” the WWWF said in a statement on Thursda...

7 Prominent Women on Why Tech Companies Need to Fight Online Gender-Based Violence Tech companies responded with initiatives to combat digital abuse, but some say it’s not enough. July 2, 2021 During a week when the world has focused on how governments and corporations can support initiatives that uplift women and girls globally at the Generation Equality Forum (GEF), more than 200 distinguished women have signed a letter urging tech companies to fight digital abuse.  Published by the World Wide Web Foundation on Thursday, the letter calls on Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, and Goog...

iTWire Friday, 02 July 2021 10:29 Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter collaborate with Web Foundation to end abuse and violence against women on their platforms Featured Four of the world’s biggest tech platforms have developed a set of commitments that aims to protect women from violence and abuse on their respective platforms. The tech companies also reached out to women who have experienced abuse to take part in developing the policies. Facebook, Google, TikTok, and Twitter—four of the world’s biggest tech platforms—have collaborated with the Web Foundation ...