Networking Platform Giggle Employs AI to Determine Users’ Gender, Allegedly Excluding Transgender Women

February 7, 2020

Giggle, a social networking platform, is under scrutiny for using AI technology that reportedly collects, shares, and uses sensitive biometric data for facial recognition to verify whether users are women. This practice has been criticized as potentially discriminatory against women of color and harmful towards transgender women, raising questions about the need for responsible AI governance.

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Alleged deployer: giggle
Alleged developer: kairos
Alleged harmed parties: trans-women, women-of-color

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