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: @...
How some farmers in Senegal, who struggle to read or write, use WhatsApp voice notes to collaborate with NGOs and researchers and learn new farming practices
Jack Thompson / Rest of World : Twitter: @lokimicap , @globalwa , @gquaggiotto , @jack__thompson , @followlori , and @jack__thompson Twitter: @lokimicap : I don't like how Meta collects and handles o...
Singapore, which is often portrayed as an aspiring techno-utopia, is edging closer to a surveillance state amid a nationwide move toward constant vigilance
In the “smart nation,” robot dogs enforce social distancing and an app can claim to neutralize racism. The reality is very different. Tweets: @hackylawyer , @eashanghosh , @gquaggiotto , @angabridged...
How PetaBencana, a bot that uses social media posts to map emerging natural disasters in Indonesia in real time, is helping authorities respond more quickly
An Indonesian mapping platform is turning social media chatter into life-saving information during natural disasters. — • JAKARTA, INDONESIA Tweets: @restofworld , @gquaggiotto , @themikestrasser , ...
A look at Chinese content farms behind “Factory TikTok”, a subgenre where workers making products like aloe jelly and gloves also are influencers selling them
How workers manufacturing products like aloe jelly and gardening gloves also became the influencers selling them. Tweets: @gquaggiotto , @sub8u , @parismarx , @lmatsakis , @bnox , @linzhang9 , @richgg...
Many LatAm migrant workers in the US are using crypto to send money home; crypto exchange Bitso says it processes $1B+ per year in US remittances sent to Mexico
When traditional exchanges closed during the pandemic, many workers turned to crypto to send remittances home. — • ACAPULCO, MEXICO Tweets: @gquaggiotto , @restofworld , @blackamazon , @apompliano ,...
A look at various apps aimed at overseas domestic workers, which can help them find jobs, facilitate money transfers, and report labor abuse
a real risk for many of these already quite vulnerable workers. Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : There are people like Myrna Padilla, once a domestic worker herself, trying to find tech solutions to interv...
After a data blackout of official COVID-19 figures by the Brazilian government, dozens of volunteer developers are working to ensure the information is public
After a data blackout of official Covid-19 figures, Brazilian software developers decided to build alternative tallies. Tweets: @jstrauss , @cengizyar , @mikestucka , @telliotter , @dancow , @fleckgio...
Profile of vTaiwan, a platform created after the 2014 Taiwan protests to deliberate politically contentious issues and break legislative deadlock
Carl Miller / BBC : Tweets: @dorotheabaur , @eszbako , @gquaggiotto , @anneapplebaum , and @anneapplebaum Tweets: Dorothea Baur / @dorotheabaur : Fascinating approach to moderating political division...
A look at the potential downsides of using the “answers first, explanations later” approach to building and deploying AI systems for solving real world problems
Like many medications, the wakefulness drug modafinil, which is marketed under the trade name Provigil, comes with a small, tightly folded paper pamphlet. Tweets: @m_older , @ptuertscher , @bkcharvard...