Lexual Says #10 (Patreon)

Sources + Further Reading

• Dating apps need women. Advertisers need diversity. AI companies offer a solution: Fake people (Drew Harwell)
• Boy Scouts of America Is Sued Over Sexual Abuse Allegations (Christine Hauser)
• Judge Signals Approval of U.S.C.’s $215 Million Settlement With Ex-Gynecologist’s Patients (Mariel Padilla)
• Statutes of Limitations Put an Expiration Date on Prosecuting Sexual Assault. In the #MeToo Era, Survivors Want Them Eliminated (Jenny Singer)
• Labor Trafficking Statistics 
• Black and White In Vietnam (Gerald F. Goodwin)
• Americans lost $143 million in online romance scams last year. That's way more than any other reported fraud (Faith Karimi)
• Meet Shudu: the world's first digital black supermodel  (Rea Khobane)
• The robot invasion has begun: Meet the computer-generated influencers taking over Instagram (Charles Trepany)
• Fashion Nova’s Secret: Underpaid Workers in Los Angeles Factories (Natalie Kitroeff)
• The fashion industry emits more carbon than international flights and maritime shipping combined. Here are the biggest ways it impacts the planet. (Morgan  McFall-Johnsen)

American-Iranian Conflict Readings:

• Democrats want to check Trump on Iran — but Congress can only do so much (Li Zhou)
• The neoconservative fantasy at the center of the Soleimani killing (Alex Ward)
• What just happened? Why the U.S. killed an Iranian general, and what it might mean. (Jon Gambrell)
• Outrage in Iran After Killing of Suleimani: Here’s What You Need to Know 
• War Powers Resolution On Iran Is Latest Attempt By Congress To Reclaim Clout (David Welna)