How Threads became a gathering space for young progressives in Taiwan, who now use the app to organize protests against pro-China opposition parties
https://restofworld.org/... X: @brianhioe : Nice piece by @violazhouyi on how Threads has taken on an unusual role in coordinating protests in Taiwan currently https://restofworld.org/... Caiwei Chen ...
How Threads became a gathering space for young progressives in Taiwan, who now use the app to organize protests against pro-China opposition parties
Despite Meta's promise to crack down on political content in the app, Taiwanese activists are using it to organize. Threads: @violatypes and @russellbrandom . Mastodon: @rakyat@hachyderm.io X: @vickie...
How some Chinese data labeling companies hired by Baidu, Alibaba, and JD.com to train AI are exploiting vocational school students via data labeling internships
the exploitation of cheap labour in the AI industry; often underpaid and overlooked critical roles 1/2 https://restofworld.org/... Viola Zhou / @violazhouyi : Tech companies like Baidu have establishe...
A look at the global freelancer labor force on sites like 99designs, some of whom are early generative AI adopters and are most at risk of being replaced by AI
The global labor force of outsourced and contract workers are early adopters of generative AI — and the most at risk. — R Bluesky: @sesmith.bsky.social and @anabrandusescu.bsky.social . Mastodon: @w...
An influx of digital nomads, mostly from the US, in Medellín, Mexico City, and other cities is boosting local economies, as locals complain of being priced out
Stephen Witt / Rest of World : Tweets: @adjwilson , @violazhouyi , @fbajak , @noahpasaran , @heejinsoulyves , @restofworld , @alexnpress , @spwells , @chaykak , @restofworld , @vickiturk , and @ojosd...
A look at the Chinese social e-commerce app and women-friendly “lifestyle bible” Xiaohongshu, which has 200M MAUs and critics describe as a consumerist trap
Known as China's “lifestyle bible,” the social media platform is an aspirational living guide or a consumerist trap. Tweets: @restofworld , @mikeelgan , @violazhouyi , @openbarllc , @violazhouyi , @re...
Some Chinese students are using remote access apps to cheat on TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, and other US entry exams, fueled by the introduction of at-home testing
Viola Zhou / Rest of World : Tweets: @scholars_stage , @violazhouyi , @violazhouyi , and @baldingsworld Tweets: T. Greer / @scholars_stage : The stories I could tell https://restofworld.org/... Viola...
Web novel apps backed by ByteDance and Tencent are running hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads showing sexual assault, violent erotica, and acts of self-harm
Emily Baker-White / Forbes : Tweets: @violazhouyi , @ebakerwhite , @mashaborak , @katienotopoulos , @iblametom , @ebakerwhite , @ebakerwhite , @ebakerwhite , and @cfarivar See also Mediagazer Tweets:...
Web novel apps backed by ByteDance and Tencent are running hundreds of Facebook and Instagram ads showing sexual assault, violent erotica, and acts of self-harm
Emily Baker-White / Forbes : Tweets: @ebakerwhite , @mashaborak , @violazhouyi , @katienotopoulos , @iblametom , @ebakerwhite , @ebakerwhite , @ebakerwhite , and @cfarivar See also Mediagazer Tweets:...
Africa-based Chinese influencers who post racist videos about Africans on apps like Douyin and Kuaishou made fortunes from China's livestream shopping industry
“Chinese people love watching how other places are not as good as China.” — On the afternoon of May 24, a beauty pageant took place at an apartment in Kitwe, Zambia. Tweets: @feministajones , @ianbe...