Google paid $105 million to two executives accused of sexual harassment

Google paid a total of $105 million to Andy Rubin and Amit Singhal after they were accused of sexual harassment at the company, the Wall Street Journal first reported. This confirms the New York Times report that Google paid $90 million to Rubin and reveals Google also paid $15 million to Singhal, who left Uber […]

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The UK now has a law against upskirting

A law change that comes into force in the UK today makes the highly intrusive practice of ‘upskirting’ illegal. The government said it wants the new law to send a clear message that such behaviour is criminal and will not be tolerated. Perpetrators in England and Wales face up to two years in prison under the […]

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‘This is a terrible part of our culture’: Google employees walk out in Australia

On blisteringly hot day in Sydney, Australia, Google employees joined their global counterparts in one of the final legs of a walkout against sexual harassment.
Around 200 employees met in a park beside the tech giant’s offices in the suburb of Pyrmo…

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Google terminated 48 employees for sexual harassment in the last two years

Earlier today, The New York Times published a bombshell story about Google’s payout to Andy Rubin following reports of sexual misconduct by the Android creator. In the wake of the piece, CEO Sundar Pichai and VP People Operations Eileen Naughton co-signed a memo sent to Google staff detailing what it deems “an increasingly hard line […]

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Harassment of young girls in public is so relentless it has become normalised, report finds

Women and girls are enduring street harassment “so frequently” that it is normalised to become “a routine part of everyday life,” a new government report has found. 
MPs on the Women and Equalities Committee investigated the issue of street hara…

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Y Combinator survey confirms what we already know — female founders are too often victims of sexual harassment

Y Combinator partnered with Callisto, a sexual misconduct reporting software built for victims, to survey its roster of female founders.

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#MeToo has sparked a big shift in attitudes towards harassment, new research shows

#MeToo. Those were the two words that started a revolution.
One year on from the outpouring of profoundly personal stories about sexual harassment and violence, research has found that the movement prompted a major shift in people’s attitude’s toward…

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‘Women must be heard’: Time’s Up calls for walkout in light of Brett Kavanaugh accusations

Wear black and walk out.
That’s what the Time’s Up movement against systemic sexual harassment and abuse has called for on Monday, following multiple accusations aimed at Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
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#DearProfessorFord: Actresses support Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser ahead of hearings

Hollywood actresses and women from around the U.S., some being key members of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, have shown their support for Christine Blasey Ford.
Blasey, a professor at California’s Palo Alto University, who recently accused Supr…

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More allegations of sexism and harassment hit ‘League of Legends’ developer Riot Games

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More allegations of sexism and harassment have surfaced against Riot Games, the developers behind one of the most popular multiplayer games of all time, League of Legends. 

Kotaku published an article on the accusations Wednesday evening, roughly a month after its bombshell report detailing a pattern of sexism, misogyny, and harassment at Riot Games — suggesting little has changed in the intervening weeks.

That initial report brought to light allegations of systemic sexism from current and former employees of Riot Games, including instances of men openly commenting on women’s looks, women’s ideas being routinely dismissed, and a lack of opportunities for women at the company. Riot Games, which has a staff that’s 80 percent male, was accused by numerous employees of fostering a toxic “bro culture.” Read more…

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Olivia Munn felt ‘blindsided’ by ‘The Predator’ casting registered sex offender

After learning that she shared a scene in The Predator with a registered sex offender, Olivia Munn took action and had the scene deleted from the filmIn conversation with Ellen DeGeneres, Munn offered more details about learning the truth about Steve…

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