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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Former U.S. President Donald Trump has faced dozens of sexual misconduct allegations over the decades. He's the first president to be held liable for sexual assault, and in January, he was ordered to pay over US$80 million to E. Jean Carroll for defamatory statements related to her sexual assault claims. Despite all…

Before Nickelodeon showrunner Dan Schneider parted ways with the slime-covered network in 2018, Schneider served as the face of the network. He spearheaded several successful tween shows like The Amanda Show, starring Amanda Bynes, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101 (starring Jamie Lynn Spears), iCarly, and Victorious. Despite the incredible success of the tween-angst comedies, a new docuseries has revealed the stark reality behind the scenes within Schneider-affiliated shows. In the four-part docuseries, Quiet on Set: The Dark…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Sexual harassment often goes unchecked in sub-Saharan African newsrooms despite many employers having policies in place, according to a study conducted by City, University of London and the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism. Researchers Dr. Lindsey Blumell (City) and Dinfin Mulupi (Maryland)…

Microsoft has reportedly blocked several keywords from its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered Copilot Designer that could be used to generate explicit images of violent and sexual nature. Keyword blocking exercise was conducted by the tech giant after one of its engineers wrote to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Microsoft board of directors expressing concerns over the AI tool. Notably, in January 2024, AI-generated explicit deepfakes of musician Taylor Swift emerged online and were said to be created…

“Unfortunately like almost every woman in every industry I’ve been subjected to sexism, harassment and bullying ... ranging from been sexually assaulted at events, assumed I’m the junior at the fund I started because of my gender, and subject to a campaign of public bullying,” she said.“While it’s easier to be quiet, it doesn’t change anything, and so I’m still here banging the drum, not just for me but for everyone in this industry.”Stead said recent highly publicised incidents of alleged inappropriate conduct, which…

Marilyn Manson has announced his first run of tour dates since several women made allegations of sexual abuse against him in the past few years. The singer, whose real name is Brian Warner, will support the metal group Five Finger Death Punch in amphitheaters and arenas in August and September. Warner did not comment on the tour other than social media posts saying it was happening. He has not yet announced a lineup for his supporting band. (Neither Warner’s lawyer nor a rep for Five Finger Death Punch immediately…

appears to have blocked several prompts in its tool that led the generative AI tool to spit out violent, sexual and other illicit images. The changes seem to have been implemented just after an engineer at the company to lay out severe concerns he had with Microsoft's GAI tech.When entering terms such as “pro choice,” “four twenty” (a weed reference) or “pro life,” Copilot now displays a message saying those prompts are blocked. It warns that repeated policy violations could lead to a user being suspended, according to…

A SpaceX employee says that she spent seven years working at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California enduring sexual abuse, unequal pay, discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation, in a new lawsuit against the company. But her story paints a much graver picture than those individual words can convey, describing widespread harassment and coordinated action to not only enable but also later give cover for sexual coercion, by a man she says was her direct supervisor. The employee, Michelle Dopak, also…

At some point we’ve all regretted taking too long to make a move on that special someone, but at least there’s comfort knowing we didn’t take a quarter of all time that’s ever passed. That’s how long the sexual tension has been building between two slow-dancing supermassive black holes, whose eventual congress could rock the entire universe.Black holes get it on all the time, and who can blame them – they are, after all, so attractive that even the famously flighty light can’t say no. When two black holes are drawn into…

Liberty University, the private Christian university founded by pastor Jerry Falwell Sr., will pay the Department of Education a whopping $14 million fine after a years-long investigation found it violated the Clery Act, which regulates campus safety and sexual misconduct. The 108-page final report issued Tuesday details 11 ways the university violated the Clery Act, from failing to maintain crime logs and records, to not issuing proper warnings or complying with sexual violence preventative measures. In…