Jigsaw: Combatting online toxicity – Jigsaw’s harassment manager launch

Jigsaw, Google’s technology incubator, used International Women’s Day to launch an anti-harassment tool in a PR outreach campaign which secured 47 placements, garnering 677m impressions.

The Problem

Online harassment can take many forms — hate speech, hacking and stalking, doxxing, defamation, and threats — and it discourages vulnerable groups f rom participating in our social discourse. Social media, in particular, is often not a safe or friendly place for underrepresented populations, especially people of color, women, and LG BTQ + community members.

While many platforms have clear policies prohibiting abusive behavior, some users still manage to find ways to harass, attack, and intimidate others. Women who are journalists, politicians, and activists in the public eye are at the highest risk. In fact, two- thirds...

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