Technology · August, 2020

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Technology · August, 2020

Stories about Technology from August, 2020

India’s Odia language added to Google and Microsoft translation services

Similar open-source community efforts are in the pipeline

Written by Subhashish Panigrahi

28 August 2020

The implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for the environment

Challenges at the intersection of health, ecology, and climate science

Written by Kevin Rennie

28 August 2020

Why women’s rights and digital rights go hand-in-hand on Namibian Twitter

Activists wage a fight for abortion rights on Twitter

Written by Lisa Ossenbrink

25 August 2020

Ecuador's indigenous Amazonian peoples launch online COVID-19 tracker

Data helps the public understand where help is most needed

Written by Carlos E. Flores

Translated by Laura

21 August 2020

Islamophobic post on Facebook leads to deadly violence in Bangalore

India experiences another episode of real-life violence triggered by online hate speech

Written by Vishal Yashoda Manve

20 August 2020

Will China's color-coded COVID-19 tracking system come to Hong Kong?

The system implemented in mainland China tracks people's whereabouts

Written by Oiwan Lam

18 August 2020

Is India's digital ID system, Aadhaar, a tech solution for a socio-economic problem?

ID systems should allow for social inclusion and human rights

Written by Subhashish Panigrahi

16 August 2020

An earthquake shook Tanzania. A new law prohibits citizens from speaking about it online.

New online content regulations prohibit certain topics without government approval

Written by Pernille Baerendtsen, Amanda Lichtenstein

14 August 2020

Building safer online spaces in Myanmar

Facebook faces great scrutiny in Myanmar

Written by Guest Contributor

12 August 2020

Kenyan families suffer spillover effects from school closures

Kenya's 'out-of-school learning' curricula requires digital access that many lack

Written by Bonface Witaba

11 August 2020

Belarus shuts down internet as thousands protest election results

Alexander Lukashenka has secured a sixth consecutive term as president

Written by Maxim Edwards

10 August 2020

How the murder of musician Hachalu Hundessa incited violence in Ethiopia: Part II

Social media flooded with conspiracy theories, hate speech & disinformation

Written by Endalkachew Chala

7 August 2020

What will a US ban on WeChat mean for Chinese netizens?

While many in the West have criticized Trump's ban, some overseas Chinese dissents see the decision with positive eyes

Written by Oiwan Lam

7 August 2020

Calls, SMS, and radio: How pre-internet tech helps low-income children's schooling in India's lockdown

'It’s like Zoom, minus the video and the interaction'

Written by Rezwan

7 August 2020

In the age of misinformation, who holds the power to categorize the ‘truth'?

US-based companies categorize information through biased lenses

Written by Mohamed Suliman

6 August 2020

Moderate globally, impact locally: A series on content moderation in the Global South

'Content moderation raises difficult challenges...'

Written by Guest Contributor

5 August 2020

New Facebook Oversight Board must remove content of notorious Sudan militia

The board has the power to overrule Facebook on contentious content

Written by Mohamed Suliman

3 August 2020

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