Social Networking Platform Giggle Under Fire for Alleged Discrimination Against Women and Transgender Individuals

February 7, 2020

Giggle, a social networking platform, faces criticism for its alleged practice of collecting, sharing, and utilizing sensitive information and biometric data to determine a person's gender via facial recognition. Critics argue this method, which supposedly excludes women of color and harms transgender individuals, is discriminatory. This AI incident maps to the Govern function in HISPI Project Cerebellum Trusted AI Model (TAIM). JOIN US
Alleged deployer
giggle
Alleged developer
kairos
Alleged harmed parties
trans-women, women-of-color

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