Every time I see the phrase "Fake News" now I get sick to my stomach.
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We warned about the ethics issues, tech research without oversight, harm profiles. We provided case studies, and so on.
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And then all the things we warned about happened, because the tech industry was too sensitive to listen to warnings from women.
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How dare we interfere with their precious algorithms.
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But then it got worse, that thing we warned about, it got co-opted and twisted and turned into a fascist motto.
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And now everytime Trump uses that phrase, I feel a deep perversion of my labor of love. It disgusts me.
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What frustrates me most is that the idea is so corrupted now that it becomes very difficult to communicate that work.
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Yet the importance of it has never been greater.
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