Jennifer Siebel Newsom Thinks It’s Time Tech Leaders Faced Accountability: “We’ve Let These Guys Go Unregulated for Too Long”

Jennifer Siebel Newsom has made a follow-up to her 2011 documentary *Miss Representation*, arguing that social media and AI are worsening misogyny and harming women and girls. *Miss Representation: Rise Up* features politicians, public figures, students and a mother who links her daughter’s social media addiction to her death, and calls for technology companies to be held accountable.

Siebel Newsom says she had hoped the first film would help drive progress, but points to a political backlash against women’s rights and the growth of online misogyny as reasons for returning to the subject. She cites figures in the article stating that 57 per cent of girls persistently feel sadness and hopelessness, one in three has seriously considered suicide, and 99 per cent of deepfakes target women and girls, with 96 per cent involving non-consensual pornography. The film is premiering in New York, with further screenings planned.