Using AI to Fight Caste Discrimination Online ft. Amitabh Kumar, Founder of Social Media Matters & Justin Davis, CEO of Spectrum Labs
This episode features Amitabh Kumar, Founder of Social Media Matters and Justin Davis, CEO of Spectrum Labs. Spectrum Labs has partnered with Amitabh and his team to build and distribute a model that will use AI to fight caste discrimination online. Social Media Matters is a group of feminists dedicated to creating safe online spaces. Their initiatives fight back against toxic online behaviors like cyberbullying and fake news, and support digital safety efforts in a variety of sectors including dating, gaming, and social media. Our conversation focuses on cyberbullying as it applies to caste discrimination.India’s caste system is a social hierarchy that divides Hindus into rigid groups ranked by “purity”. There are 4 main castes, as well as a group of social outliers, the “Untouchables”, who make up over one-sixth of India’s population. This group is socially ostracized, lives in segregation, and assigned “ritually polluting” tasks that fall outside of the caste system.Despite its constitutional abolition in 1950, the practice of “untouchability” and discriminatory behavior based on social ranking has carried over to India’s digital world. Find out more about how Spectrum Labs is working with Social Media Matters to develop initiatives and products that fight caste discrimination online.Featuring:- Amitabh Kumar, Founder, Social Media Matters (www.socialmediamatters.in/ | www.linkedin.com/in/amikumar/)- Justin Davis, CEO, Spectrum Labs (https://www.getspectrum.io/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/justindavis/)- Hosted by: Meredith Reed-------------------------------------------The Brief is a podcast featuring trends, topics and conversations on Internet safety. This podcast is brought to you by Spectrum Labs -- a tech company focused on building AI and big data solutions to keep online communities safe and healthy. For more information, visit us at getspectrum.io.On each episode of The Brief, we talk to industry experts about trust and safety issues facing online communities today. We also cover strategies for positive change.Follow Spectrum Labs on social media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spectrum-labsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spectrumlabsai/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealSpectrumApp/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SpectrumLabsAIPlease take our 5-minute survey about the internet: https://bit.ly/2QHEAsEAdd your company to our Trust & Safety Pledge: https://www.getspectrum.io/trust-and-safety-pledgeQuestions? Comments? Email us at demo@getspectrum.io.Enjoying The Brief? Please rate, review & subscribe to our show! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getspectrum/id1493246023