Twitter is so ‘toxic’ that Amnesty International is enlisting a ‘Troll Patrol’ to help police it (TWTR)

Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has launched Troll Patrol, a project that will assign digital volunteers to analyze abusive tweets aimed at women on Twitter. The project follows Amnesty’s #ToxicTwitter report, which detailed the results of a 16-month long investigation into how harassers and abusers target women on the social media platform. The goal […]

Transgender recruits are openly enlisting in the US military, despite uncertainty created by Trump

Thomson Reuters CHICAGO (Reuters) – Transgender Americans are openly enlisting in the US military for the first time, saying they feel confident that court rulings blocking Republican President Donald Trump’s ban on their service will stand. Nicholas Bade, a 37-year-old transgender man who is among the first of what advocates expect will be a small […]