Brazil is piloting dWallet, a digital wallet program that lets users manage, own, and profit from their data, the first such nationwide initiative in the world
Brazil is piloting dWallet, a project that lets citizens earn money from their data. It is ahead of similar U.S-based initiatives. Bluesky: @ericgoldman . Mastodon: @Khrys@mamot.fr . X: @restofworld ...
Brazil is piloting dWallet, a digital wallet program that allows users to monetize their data, the first nationwide initiative of its kind in the world
Brazil is piloting dWallet, a project that lets citizens earn money from their data. It is ahead of similar U.S-based initiatives. Mastodon: @Khrys@mamot.fr . X: @restofworld and @rinachandran . Link...
A look at “kidfluencers” in Brazil who promote online get-rich-quick schemes to other children on TikTok, Kwai, and Instagram, amid growing government scrutiny
Young Brazilians chase social media fame, selling “get-rich” schemes, while legal battles question platform responsibility and the cost to childhood. Bluesky: @rinachandran and @restofworld.org . X: @...
Brazil's AI-based social security app, launched in 2018, has cut bureaucracy in some cases but wrongly rejected hundreds of vulnerable people over minor errors
An algorithmic tool meant to reduce bureaucracy is misfiring on complex cases, and vulnerable Brazilians are paying the price.
TMTG and Rumble sue a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice in Florida for allegedly illegally suppressing the US social media activity of conservative Brazilians
- Suit targets a supreme court justice who has clashed with Musk — Brazilian judge has long attacked ‘fake news,’ disinformation
How WhatsApp evolved from a messaging app into a business messaging growth platform, aggressively luring big businesses to its suite of paid messaging products
Just a point for this article. India's installed base is given at 400 million. Last i saw it had crossed 600 and growing rapldly. It's the social glue here like iMessage in the us or line in Korea ...
How gambling apps are ravaging Brazil in the wake of legalization; Nubank reassured investors in September 2024 that it had limited exposure to troubled bettors
The boom shocked policy makers who are now scrambling to control it — At the headquarters of the United Nations … X: @lucas_shaw , @lpolgreen , @_night_brain__ , @ezraklein , @otis_reid , @pkafka , ...
X says a change in network providers resulted in an “inadvertent” service restoration to Brazilian users; regulators expect to restore the block soon
Elon Musk's social network used a technical maneuver to restore service for many Brazilians after a court blocked it.
SpaceX says it's complying with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice's order to block Starlink access to X in Brazil, after the country froze some of its assets
Lula just introduced him to hammerhead sharks. — Starlink backtracks, complies with order blocking X in Brazil, says regulator | Reuters https://www.reuters.com/... Bluesky: Clemens Vasters / @clem...
A look at X's shrinking clout in Brazil even before the ban; Twitter once dominated Brazilian social media with 40M+ users, while X had an estimated 22M users
The platform formerly known as Twitter once dominated Brazilian social media, fueling nationwide protests in 2013 and propelling Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency. Forums: Hacker News , r/Twitter , and...