The replies to our last tweet are precisely why we are exploring ways to combat online harassment.
Jigsaw
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Jigsaw
@Jigsaw
Jigsaw is an incubator within Google that builds technologies to give people greater agency in the world around them.
- Fighting online abuse w/ @FeministaJones @TheQuinnspiracy @roseveleth @randileeharper @jamiaw @CCRInitiative @femfreq
- "It is not always easy to tell the difference between real and fake photographs. But the pressure to get it right has never been more urgent as the amount of false political content online continues to rise." Full details on our anti-disinformation work in today's @nytimesJigsaw, which is owned by Google’s parent, unveiled a free tool that researchers said could help journalists spot doctored photographs — even ones created with the help of artificial intelligence nyti.ms/396n73N
- Today we’re launching Outline, an easy-to-use, open source tool that lets news organizations provide their network of journalists safer access to the internet. wired.com/story/alphabet…
- We partnered with @washingtonpost to create Sideways Dictionary, a tool that uses analogies to explain tech terms. goo.gl/yQPPcV
- DDoS attacks are one of the worst forms of censorship in the 21st century. Here's how one journalist fought back. goo.gl/wo897B
- Today @sundarpichai announced the expansion of Shield. We use Google infrastructure to defend independent news sites
- Technology for #pressfreedom. Check this thread for 10 projects by us — @ with more tools — and help spread with ♥ & RTs!
- Replying to @JigsawPassword Alert is a free Chrome extension that journalists (or anyone) can use to protect against phishing goo.gl/vrIEkA #WPDF2017
- This #IWD2022, we're excited to announce the open sourcing of Harassment Manager, a web application built to help women public figures to manage toxic language directed at them online, in partnership with @twitter & @TRF. #EndOnlineHarassment🧵 ⤵️ bit.ly/3pD0eQo
- #Misinformation is harmful, but narratives and tropes tend to repeat. One way to build resistance to manipulative messaging is through "inoculation," a form of #prebunking which teaches individuals to identify and resist deceptive content. 👀👉 bit.ly/3pflPxK
