A Saturday Night Live skit about Black folks not wanting the COVID vaccine sparked a conversation about vaccine hesitancy. But making Black folks the face of vaccines hesitancy isn’t actually accurate. 

Check out the NPR piece on Black access to the COVID vaccine: https://www.npr.org/2021/02/05/962946721/across-the-south-covid-19-vaccine-sites-missing-from-black-and-hispanic-neighbor

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Harassment online is nothing new, but we’ve seen waves of women in journalism being harassed on social media just for doing their jobs. 

Being targeted by an online harassment campaign can happen to anyone, whether you’re a public figure or not. 

Writer and Lyz Lenz gives a practical crash course in how to prevent it. 

Read Lyz’s piece When The Mob Came For Me: https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/04/when-the-mob-comes/

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TikTok star Addison Rae’s dance segment on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon sparked conversations about crediting Black creators online.

For more on Black digital creators and credit, check out this episode of There Are No Girls on the Internet with digital creator Mars Sebastian: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/there-are-no-girls-on-the-internet/id1520715907

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Georgia’s massive new voting law is a response to lies, distortions and disinformation about the 2020 election.

Independent journalist Anoa Changa breaks down what this means for Georgians and what comes next.

Follow Anoa on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheWayWithAnoa

Check out Anoa’s amazing podcast: https://thewaywithanoa.simplecast.com/

Read Anoa’s piece ‘That’s the Failsafe’: Georgia’s New Voting Law Does What Trump Couldn’t: https://newsone.com/4118173/georgia-new-voting-law-does-what-trump-couldnt/#.YGEQW48mUPE.twitter

Donate to the New Georgia Project: https://newgeorgiaproject.org/

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This week, CEOs of Google, Facebook, and Twitter testified before Congress about misinformation on their platforms and Section 230. In this week’s episode, we heard from digital rights activist Evan Greer about why she fights to protect Section 230. Now, let’s revisit attorney Carrie Goldberg’s position on why she says Section 230 needs to be changed.

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Musician and digital rights activist Evan Greer breaks down Section 230 and why she and other digital rights activists are fighting to preserve it.

Follow Evan: https://twitter.com/evan_greer

Listen to Evan’s rad new album Spotify is Surveillance: https://evangreer.bandcamp.com/album/spotify-is-surveillance

Learn more about Fight for the Future: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/

Listen to Carrie Goldberg’s episode of TANGOTI: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/there-are-no-girls-on-the-internet/id1520715907?i=1000489091000

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Have you ever wondered about the origins of some of the digital symbols and icons we use in the world of technology? Bridget Todd shares the story of Susan Kare, the woman behind some of the most iconic designs woven into the fabric of what it looks like to use computers and the internet. And speaking of, what does needlepoint have to do with it? Listen to find out!

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Archivist Sydette Harry wants to build a more accessible internet future, one where everyone can see themselves reflected.

Read Sydette’s Wired piece Listening to Black Women: The Innovation Tech Can't Figure Out: https://www.wired.com/story/listening-to-black-women-the-innovation-tech-cant-figure-out/

Follow Sydette here: Twitter.com/BlackAmazon

Questions? Comments? Just want to say hi? [email protected]

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To celebrate her birthday, Bridget honors one of her tech heroes, Estella Pyfrom, who brings technology to communities who need it most with Estella’s Brilliant Bus.

IN HONOR OF BRIDGET’S BIRTHDAY, PLEASE DONATE TO ESTELLA’S BRILLIANT BUS: TANGOTI.COM/BUS

If you’re moved by Estella’s story but can’t donate at this time, we’d love to donate in your honor! Hit us up at [email protected]

Learn more about Estella’s Brilliant Bus: http://estellasbrilliantbus.org/

Watch Estella’s Super Bowl ad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVNodM0F5gU

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Research is clear that Black women are disproportionately the targets of online harassment. And even though she’s rich and famous, the story Meghan Markle’s shared in her interview with Oprah is no different than the kinds of abuse that has been normalized against Black women for years.

Want more info about how the media can spread biases about women public figures? Here’s a guide we made at UltraViolet: https://weareultraviolet.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/uv-vp-reporting-styleguide-v3.pdf

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