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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tara Cobham

Nextdoor’s CEO Sarah Friar on sexism in Silicon Valley - and the rise of the ‘friendly’ social media app

Nextdoor

From bigotry and rudeness to endlessly polarised arguments that leave everyone involved angry, social media can be a pretty unpleasant place sometimes.

But local networking app Nextdoor aims to change all that, and is going so far as using AI to encourage users to be “kinder” in their conversations with their neighbours, both real and virtual.

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