AI project tracks insults directed at female candidates during Alberta election campaign
“One of the major barriers that women face when they're thinking of running for office, especially lately, is the abuse they receive online,” explained ParityYEG co-founder Lana Cuthbert.
One of the comments the bot caught reads: "Go back to your stupid lefty f*** group and amaze them with your loud mouth and your slogans, you stupid, ill-educated... dumba** know-it-all leg idiot. You know f*** all and deep in your stupid head you know this." “’Why would we vote for her? She's a complete idiot,’” Ly recalled reading in her comments. “To me, that was hurtful because it came from another female.”
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