Google Gender

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  Google Doodle Celebrates Women's Progress On International Women's Day

  Google marks International Women's Day with a vibrant illustration crafted by Sophie Diao, showcasing diversity, creativity, and empowerment.

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  Google to Mentor 1 Million Indian Women Entrepreneurs; Working With Partners to Increase Numbers, Antony Blinken Says

  Google has committed to mentoring 1 million Indian women entrepreneurs, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Blinken also stated that the US will address challenges holding women back, such as a lack of mentorship and training opportunities, adding that women's full economic participation was needed to "actually lead an inclusive...

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  Microsoft to Cease Use of Facial Recognition Tool Known for Identifying Emotion

  Microsoft has announced to stop selling the facial recognition tool that enables people to guess someone's emotion based on a facial image. Existing customers will have one year before losing access to artificial intelligence tools.

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  Google to Pay $118 Million Settlement Against Class-Action Suit on Pay Disparity, Gender Discrimination

  Google has agreed to pay a $118 million to settle class-action lawsuit filed on the company in 2017 alleging pay disparity, gender discrimination against women. While the company denies all allegations, it is “very pleased” to settle the lawsuit.

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  Google Pays $118 Million To Female Staff In Gender Discrimination Suit

  Google said on Sunday that it was "very pleased" to be settling, without admission of wrongdoing, a class-action lawsuit that argued it underpaid female employees and assigned them lower-ranking positions.

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  LinkedIn Agrees to Settle Gender Pay Discrimination Complaint for $1.8 Million in Back Wages

  LinkedIn clarified in a statement that even though it has agreed to settle this matter, the company does not agree with the government’s claims of pay disparities.

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  Women Will Hold a Quarter of Leadership Roles at Large Global Tech Firms In 2022: Deloitte Report

  More women are getting into leadership roles in the tech industry, which has long been seen as an area dominated by men. The report, prepared by consulting firm Deloitte, said women will hold about one in four leadership roles at large global technology companies this year. That is a jump of 20 percent from 2019 and the momentum is noticeable since...

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  Google Cuts Racy Results by 30 Percent for Searches Like 'Latina Teenager'

  Google has cut explicit results by 30 percent over the past year in searches for "latina teenager" and others related to ethnicity, sexual preference and gender, Tulsee Doshi, head of product for Google's responsible AI team, said.

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  Google Restricts Advertisement Targeting of Under-18 Users Based on Age, Gender, or Interests

  Google is blocking advertisement targeting based on the age, gender, or interests of people under 18, the company said.

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  Emoji 13.1 With Face in Clouds, Mending Heart, Gender Options for Bearded Emoji, and More Announced

  Emoji 13.1 has been announced by the Unicode Consortium as Emoji 14 has been delayed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The development was shared by Emojipedia, which is a voting member of the Unicode Consortium.

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  Google's New Rules Clamp Down On Discriminatory Housing, Job Ads

  Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday it was tackling unlawful discrimination by barring housing, employment and credit ads from being targeted to its users based on their postal code, gender, age, parental status or marital status.

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  Google's New Rules Clamp Down on Discriminatory Housing, Job Ads

  Google said on Thursday it was tackling unlawful discrimination by barring housing, employment and credit ads from being targeted to its users based on their postal code, gender, age, parental status or marital status.

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  YouTube Unveils Broader Anti-Harassment Policies for Threats and Insults About Race, Sex, and Gender

  YouTube has announced that it will now remove videos that insult people based on "protected attributes" such as race, gender expression or sexual orientation.

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  Google Bars Elections Ads From Using Political Leanings, Voter Data

  Google said it would limit audience targeting for election ads to age, gender and general location at a postal code level.

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  Google Doodle Celebrates 133rd Birthday Of India's First Woman Legislator Muthulakshmi Reddi

  Today's Google Doodle celebrates Indian educator, lawmaker, surgeon, and reformer Dr Muthulakshmi Reddi. Constantly breaking down barriers throughout her life, Dr Reddi devoted herself to public health and the battle against gender inequality, transforming the lives of countless young girls.