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Biased algorithms increase harassment of women: UN representative in Sri Lanka

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ECONOMYNEXT – Newer types of gender discrimination and harassment of women are happening due to biased algorithms in online spaces, the United Nations representative in Sri Lanka Marc André Franche has said. “Newer threats, such as biased algorithms and programming inequalities, into online spaces are opening new arenas for harassment and abuse,” Marc André Franche said. Algorithms can be trained to reflect past narratives and social agendas. “A…
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Biased algorithms increase harassment of women: UN representative in Sri Lanka

ECONOMYNEXT – Newer types of gender discrimination and harassment of women are happening due to biased algorithms in online spaces, the United Nations representative in Sri Lanka Marc André Franche has said. “Newer threats, such as biased algorithms and programming inequalities, into online spaces are opening new arenas for harassment and abuse,” Marc André Franche said. Algorithms can be trained to reflect past narratives and social agendas. “A…

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End Intersectional Oppression and Attacks Against Women - North-East Women’s Collective! • Sri Lanka Brief

An Open Appeal to the Sri-Lankan Government from North-East Women’s Collective! On this day of 11th March 2025, we women of Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri-Lanka gathered in the city of Jaffna to make our International Women’s Day appeal to the Sri-Lankan government. Our objective is to inform the government, that the present government has a fundamental objective to create a structural change and to establish democracy but still the state…

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