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
Source
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