Monday 4 April 2022

AI tackles homophobic trolling in football

 Lots of relevant stories linked to football - the Premier League 4 day blackout of social media, the abuse of the single out player in Australia, the rainbow laces campaign, the preparedness of the Norway and England teams to speak out against Qatar’s homophobic laws, Liverpool hiring a mental health coach to help young players cope with trolling.

This case is a trial of AI software to mute homophobic trolling in Australia. Guardian April 2022

Friday 18 March 2022

Disney pressured into Florida gay rights declarations

Feature analysis by Guardian as Disney CEO apologises, promises to champion LGBTQ+ rights and pauses all donations to Florida politicians. Article notes the history of Disney censorship, often at the story stage.




Earlier Guardian report on the "don't say gay" bill - which has uncanny parallels with Thatcher's notorious clause 28 bar on teachers or schools even mentioning homosexually ... in the EIGHTIES. That's now looked back on as a preposterous relic of past times and attitudes, but this is a good example that liberalisation is not a simple linear path of improving acceptance and tolerance.



Apple ban Malaysia gay conversion app

 Guardian.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/17/malaysian-governments-gay-conversion-app-pulled-by-google-play?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other