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Women-only social media app Giggle for Girls taken to court by transgender woman Roxanne Tickle after her account was restricted

www.abc.net.au Transgender woman sues women-only social media platform she was excluded from

Social media platform Giggle for Girls is being sued by transgender woman Roxanne Tickle after her access to the women-only app was revoked. The app's owner has denied Ms Tickle is a woman.

In short: Transgender woman Roxanne Tickle is suing social media platform Giggle for Girls after she was excluded from the women-only app.
She is alleging unlawful discrimination on the basis of gender identity while the app's founder has denied she is a woman.
What's next? The hearing is expected to run for four days.

A transgender woman who was excluded from a women-only social media app should be awarded damages because the app's founder has persistently denied she is a woman, a Sydney court has heard.

In February 2021, Roxanne Tickle downloaded the Giggle for Girls social networking app, which was marketed as a platform exclusively for women to share experiences and speak freely.

Users needed to provide a selfie, which was assessed by artificial intelligence software to determine if they were a woman or man.

Ms Tickle's photograph was determined to be a woman and she used the app's full features until September that year, when the account became restricted because the AI decision was manually overridden.

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I have nothing to add, just amused by the fact that a Tickle can’t get a giggle.
I don't understand.

It's okay to discriminate against men but not transgender women?
Wow an app based on gender descrimination is being sued for gender descrimination. I'm shocked
Wanna know how I know y'all suck?

Tickle is taking on Giggle for Girls and not one witty joke?
This thread was fated to be a dumpster fire from the instant it was created

Edit: 6 people dont seem to understand what an unholy combination it is to merge: Transphobia, Misandry, AI, and somewhat silly names on the internet
I'm not familiar with Australian law, but how do you get to "discrimination on the basis of gender identity" in this case. Wouldn't the case for that be a trans man trying to join or stay on the app? (Or a cis man for that matter).

It sounds like Tickle's position is that the app should be discriminating based on gender identity. Her complaint seems more like them discriminating on (vaguely defined policy ammounting to) assigned gender at birth.

Having said that, I suspect their tune will change if a trans man tried joining.
Wait. We’re unironically calling social media for women Giggle and then we’re surprised it might be sexist? April first was like a week ago…
Ms Tickle’s photograph was determined to be a woman and she used the app’s full features until September that year, when the account became restricted because the AI decision was manually overridden.

I'd love to know the story behind the manual overriding.
I think she will win this. They didn't require a genital photo so what's even their proof? Arbitrary requirement anyways. Rules like that only leave people out. I understand the want for a space like that though. I hope this woman finds a space where she can feel safe.
you dont have to put on the red light
Now make "Guffaw for Guys" lol
Welcome to 2024, women can't have their own things anymore... (and I'm talking about REAL women, you know, the individuals have two X chromosomes).
Time to identify as a cis lesbian and not as a trans woman.
people actually don't have a job
Ultra liberal Lemmy and Reddit are going to call for this apps destruction. God forbid women have anything of their own...without being bombarded by some trans people claiming to be "just like them."
What’s the point of a woman’s only app (or any women’s only space) if they let anyone in simply based on them saying ‘I’m a woman’?
A waste of everyone's time. Sounds like entitlement.

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