"It is because Facebook has committed to having policies to address these issues that we felt it was necessary to take these actions and press for that commitment to fully recognize how the real world safety gap experienced by women globally is dynamically related to our online lives, " author Soraya Chemaly, who helped spearhead the effort, said in a post on the group's site.

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Perhaps the largest gap between actual and perceived safety exists in the banking sector.

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Now UPS is testing a technology designed to close that gap and, possibly, bring sweeping new efficiencies to the entire air traffic control system without compromising safety.

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