ParityBOT is a Twitter bot that spins the abuse and toxicity directed at women in politics into positive, uplifting and encouraging messages. The artificial intelligence technology that powers ParityBOT detects and classifies hateful, harmful and toxic tweets directed at women in leadership or public office

For every toxic tweet that passes a certain threshold, the bot posts a “positivitweet.”

ParityBOT has been deployed in Canada during the federal election in 2019, and the Alberta election in 2019. During this time:

+245,000 tweets were processed 393 candidates were tracked +20,000 positive tweets sent.