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While I agree with the message, the phrasing is overly aggressive against tech workers "bros". I don't get what they're trying to achieve here.

• binx_ 3y ago
  SW here to second this comment as well as note that while deepfake porn seems to disproportionately target women, it has the capacity to do so to anyone and the article doesn't seem to use that frame of reference either. Reducing the problem to something "tech bros" need only to pay attention to is not helpful and arguably counter-productive.
• acdha 3y ago
  So I kind of agree with your criticism of the tone but less so after seeing this get flag-killed so quickly. A lot of us are very close to the tech and feel personally attacked by criticism but that is a fraction of the stress being experienced by victims of these attacks and since many of them are school-aged they don’t have the same level of support and self-confidence to laugh them off. I think the real question here should be what policies would help reduce abuse without being too restrictive. Politicians are going to keep receiving calls for action from [rightfully] angry parents so efforts to not hear about it here just mean that debate is happening somewhere else.