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#72 | Trans-Exclusionary apps, Crenshaw vs the Kid & Olympics Censorship

This week on TDR…

Trans-exclusionary apps, Crenshaw vs the Kid & Olympic athlete Censorship

·      Is a new female-only mobile app simply creating a safe space for the fairer sex OR are we witnessing a new tech version of the ugly truths of segregation ?

·      Did a popular congressman speak truth firmly and resolutely in responding to an unfair question about his faith, OR did he succumb to hypocrisy adding to the coarseness of the current dialogue between parties?

·      And finally is the International Olympic Committee simply maintaining the spirit of the games by keeping politics out of sports OR are they enabling a serial human right abuser to continue their violations?

This and more today on TDR…

Courage or Cringe: 

A social media app just for 'females' intentionally excludes trans women — and some say its face-recognition AI discriminates against women of color, too

https://www.yahoo.com/news/social-media-app-just-females-151736089.html

Republican Rep Dan Crenshaw loses his temper after being questioned by a girl at public event.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/den-crenshaw-girl-pac-meeting-b1995718.html?amp

China warns foreign Olympic athletes against speaking out on politics at Winter Games

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2022/01/19/china-winter-olympics-politics-speech/