Those concerns around Flock seem to be coming for retailers that have, until recently, used the company’s tech for the purpose of security and anti-theft measures with little public pushback. In September, the gender justice group Ultraviolet circulated a petition demanding that Ulta end its relationship with Flock; over 10,000 women had signed it as of last month, according to a press release from the group.
UltraViolet, a leading national women-led gender-justice organization responsible for numerous impactful victories against sexual predators and tech-facilitated sexual violence, issued the following statement in response to Apple updating its developer guidelines to ban AI “nudify” apps on its App Store, calling on Google to make the same changes in its Play Store immediately.
Schmidt’s experience highlights a pattern of deceptive marketing on TikTok that appears to be fueling a gray market for GLP-1 medications — including “research grade” drugs that are often in powder form. Content about such weight loss drugs on TikTok primarily targets women through sexualized images and videos, according to a new report from UltraViolet, the gender equality organization.
“We already knew that Todd Blanche and Donald Trump never cared about the 1,000 survivors who were exploited and abused through Jeffrey Epstein’s network. What is a surprise, and a damning one, too, is the fact that a majority of Senate Republicans are just as willing to protect predators and pedophiles for political gain.” —Nicole Regalado, vice president of campaigns at UltraViolet Action
UltraViolet Action, a national women’s rights and survivor justice group, denounces the Senate’s vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General, and renews calls to the House Oversight Committee to investigate and hold accountable the Epstein network and its enablers.
Following multiple credible allegations of intimate partner and child abuse against Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio), including from his ex-wife, UltraViolet Action, a leading national women-led gender-justice organization, and Reckoning Action, a new organization built to confront misogyny and gender bias in American public life, released the following joint statement calling on Miller to resign from Congress.
Prominent women’s and survivors’ group denounces today’s vote to advance the nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and reaffirms commitment to Epstein accountability and holding abusers accountable
A recent, unsettling analysis by UltraViolet, a gender justice nonprofit, has pulled back the curtain on this shadowy world. Their report paints a stark picture: hundreds of accounts actively promoting and selling unregulated alternatives to legitimate GLP-1 medications. These aren’t just a few rogue actors; this is a significant, organized effort to capitalize on people’s desperation for weight loss.
A new report accuses TikTok of failing to appropriately moderate a growing "gray market" for GLP-1 weight loss drugs as they continue to surge in popularity. The content analysis, conducted by gender justice nonprofit UltraViolet, pinpointed hundreds of TikTok accounts promoting unregulated GLP-1 drugs, including GLP-1 alternatives advertised as "research-grade." Accounts often directed users off the platform to purchase drugs on WhatsApp, Discord, and Telegram.
Last year, UltraViolet, a gender-justice organization, launched a campaign online and with posters hung through Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood marking Andrew as “Unwanted in Miami.”
UltraViolet's new report exposing how TikTok has allowed a thriving gray market for unregulated GLP-1 drugs to flourish on its platform, putting women at risk of financial, physical, and mental harm. The report details how illicit sellers exploit women through misleading health claims and unsafe drug promotions that violate TikTok's own policies, and calls on the platform to take immediate action to protect users.
Last year, UltraViolet, a gender-justice organization, launched a campaign online and with posters hung through Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood marking Andrew (Tate) as “Unwanted in Miami.” They branded him a “sexual predator imported to the U.S. by President Donald Trump.”
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