Opt Out

Opt Out is a browser extension for Firefox that filters online misogyny from an individual’s twitter feed.

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has changed our lives online on social media platforms. We have the right to be forgotten, to see what is being collected about us and to opt-out if we wish. The current abuse that those who identify as women suffer is not avoidable. We see Opt Out as an extension of the GDPR that also protects the human rights of women and those with intersecting identities online. While steps have been made to protect these people online, not enough has been done. This is a global tragedy affecting the well-being, economical potential and political representation of these people. Let's Opt Out.

To learn more about this problem and explore the steps Opt Out is taking to combat it, see the Opt Out Wiki.

The project is still in its infancy. Please see 'Project Development' below for the current status.

Test / Deploy

To test the current prototype:

1. Clone a local copy of the master branch of this repo
2. Start Mozilla Firefox
3. Set the url to about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox and hit enter
4. In the Load Teporary Add-ons box, open and load manifest.json which can be found in the extensions folder of this repo you cloned locally
5. Open Twitter and test!
6. If you make changes to the code you would like to test, make sure you click "reload" (left of the "remove" button) to apply new changes to script

Project Development

Opt Out is an open source project under active development. Currently, machine learning models are being evaluated for their ability to classify sexual harassment text. If you would like to test the current model (trained on troll data), please see the 'Installation Instructions' below. If you would like to contribute to the project, please see Contributing first, and then check out the find-out and try-out repos.

Funding

If you would like to fund the project or make a donation, please email Opt Out.

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Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.