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She Built an App to Block Harassment on Twitter. Elon Musk Killed It

June 2, 2023

Tracy Chou launched the Twitter app Block Party in 2021 to help users escape targeted harassment campaigns that she—as an Asian American woman—knew from personal experience could ostracize vulnerable voices from the public conversation. But on Wednesday Block Party closed its doors, becoming the latest victim of soaring new bills imposed by a struggling Twitter under new owner Elon Musk. TIME

 

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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