This week on the Patreon: Bridget remembers the time she met Sheryl Sandberg. https://TANGOTI.com/patreon

Google promised to delete sensitive location data about abortion clinic visits. A new study finds that it still isn’t living up to that promise: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/16/google-keeps-location-history-data-abortion-clinics-despite-delete-pledge

Teen deepfake victim pushes for federal law targeting non-consensual, AI-generated explicit content - the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deepfake-law-ai-new-jersey-high-school-teen-image-porn-rcna133706

OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/16/openai-quietly-removes-ban-on-military-use-of-its-ai-tools.htm

AI already being used to select bombing targets in Gaza:  https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/01/the-gospel-how-israel-uses-ai-to-select-bombing-targets

Formula E Team Fires Its AI-Generated Influencer after Fans Balk: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a46353319/formula-e-team-fires-ai-generated-influencer/

It's not just you, Google Search really has gotten worse: https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-research

The Self-Checkout Nightmare(?) May Finally Be Ending: https://gizmodo.com/the-self-checkout-nightmare-may-finally-be-ending-1851169879

This week on the Patreon: Bridget remembers the time she met Sheryl Sandberg. <a href="https://tangoti.com/patreon">https://TANGOTI.com/patreon</a> 
Google promised to delete sensitive location data about abortion clinic visits. A new study finds that it still isn’t living up to that promise: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/16/google-keeps-location-history-data-abortion-clinics-despite-delete-pledge">https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/16/google-keeps-location-history-data-abortion-clinics-despite-delete-pledge</a> 
Teen deepfake victim pushes for federal law targeting non-consensual, AI-generated explicit content - the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act: <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deepfake-law-ai-new-jersey-high-school-teen-image-porn-rcna133706">https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/deepfake-law-ai-new-jersey-high-school-teen-image-porn-rcna133706</a> 
OpenAI quietly removes ban on military use of its AI tools: <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/16/openai-quietly-removes-ban-on-military-use-of-its-ai-tools.html">https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/16/openai-quietly-removes-ban-on-military-use-of-its-ai-tools.htm</a>
AI already being used to select bombing targets in Gaza:  <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/01/the-gospel-how-israel-uses-ai-to-select-bombing-targets">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/01/the-gospel-how-israel-uses-ai-to-select-bombing-targets</a> 
Formula E Team Fires Its AI-Generated Influencer after Fans Balk: <a href="https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a46353319/formula-e-team-fires-ai-generated-influencer/">https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a46353319/formula-e-team-fires-ai-generated-influencer/</a>
It's not just you, Google Search really has gotten worse: <a href="https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-research">https://mashable.com/article/google-search-low-quality-research</a> 
The Self-Checkout Nightmare(?) May Finally Be Ending: <a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-self-checkout-nightmare-may-finally-be-ending-1851169879">https://gizmodo.com/the-self-checkout-nightmare-may-finally-be-ending-1851169879</a>

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.

There Are No Girls on the Internet

Pitchfork is absorbed by GQ - is music for men? Bridget hates self-checkout; Google still isn’t deleting abortion data; AI deepfake legislation – NEWS ROUNDUP

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