WELLINGTON | When campaigning for the October 17 general elections in New Zealand was carried out, more than 200,000 abusive tweets targeted female candidates, including Prime Minister Jesinda Ardern. It was revealed on Friday. According to the newspaper The New Zealand Herald, during promotional campaigns, working to find and counter abusive tweets, the parity bot picked up more than 200,000 abusive tweets, most with Ardern, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins and MP Cleo Swarbrick was targeted.
Creative technologist Jacqueline Comer, who is working with Autrey Labs to bring the technology to New Zealand for the first time, said the bot detected abusive tweets made to candidates through a machine-learning model with filters.
“However, the bot focused solely on female candidates”, she said, aiming to bring awareness to abusive messages faced by women on social media. ”
Comparing abusive messages for male candidates in New Zealand There was no data.
Women often receive horrific messages about sexual violence, rape and death threats.
Ardern has won a landslide victory for a second term in recent elections.
Her labor The party garnered 49 percent of the vote.
Official results of the election will be released on November 6. –
