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Block Party, a tool to combat online harassment, raises a $4.8M seed
September 21, 2022
If you’ve experienced any form of harassment on Twitter in the last couple of years, then you’ve probably heard of Block Party. And if you haven’t, lucky you! TechCrunch
Time Magazine’s 2022 Women of the Year
March 2, 2022
Social media platforms failed to tackle abuse. So Tracy Chou stepped in. TIME
Inside the life of a tech activist: abuse, gaslighting, but ultimately optimism
November 3, 2021
Tracy Chou, founder of Block Party, has been a tech activist for almost a decade. Her story reveals what it’s like to fight Silicon Valley’s establishment. Fast Company
What Tracy Chou learned about online harassment while building an app to solve it
January 26, 2021
When Tracy Chou decided to host a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” about online harassment over the summer, she knew it probably wouldn’t be the easiest experience, but she’d been dealing with trolls for most of her career. How bad could it really be?
A vitriol-filled nightmare, it turns out. The woman hosting a forum on why she was building an app to protect against online harassment was the target of one of the biggest harassment campaigns of her life. Protocol
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