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  • In short: Transgender woman Roxanne Tickle is suing social media platform Giggle for Girls after she was excluded from the women-only app.
  • She is alleging unlawful discrimination on the basis of gender identity while the app's founder has denied she is a woman.
  • What's next? The hearing is expected to run for four days.

A transgender woman who was excluded from a women-only social media app should be awarded damages because the app's founder has persistently denied she is a woman, a Sydney court has heard.

In February 2021, Roxanne Tickle downloaded the Giggle for Girls social networking app, which was marketed as a platform exclusively for women to share experiences and speak freely.

Users needed to provide a selfie, which was assessed by artificial intelligence software to determine if they were a woman or man.

Ms Tickle's photograph was determined to be a woman and she used the app's full features until September that year, when the account became restricted because the AI decision was manually overridden.

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[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago

You are arguing that communities can't exist unless they unite against a foe?

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

Ozymandias moment

[-] PoliticalAgitator@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

His community can't and if he was capable of imagining other people's lives, he wouldn't be far-right in the first place.

[-] John_McMurray@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Growing up means recognizing someone can understand someone without empathizing.

[-] Taohumor@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Their name checks out though.

[-] Taohumor@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

No my argument is some people all they have in them is "fight against a foe". It means if you don't present yourself as a foe they'll walk right past you, it's like a trex. It'll only chase something that moves, so because they are always in fighting even with no opponent they will make one within themselves because those are the only people looking for a fight.

Like they have 0 interaction with people who aren't interested in a fight. Take note that some random accused me of being far righter hoping I would take their bait. It's pathetic at best. It's truly an example of the snake eating its own tail.

[-] NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth 1 points 8 months ago

T-Rex damnit. Hyphens are important

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