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    Digital divide hampers Stockholm vaccinations as elderly struggle to book

    Fri, 16 Apr 2021 14:17 PM

    A digital app to book vaccine appointments is leaving elderly patients confused, with younger people snapping up slots instead

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    Myanmar protesters paint Yangon red, defying bloody army crackdown

    Tue, 6 Apr 2021 07:39 AM

    Protest efforts in Myanmar may have been hampered by the military's halt of broadband wireless internet, adding to a weeks-long block of mobile data services

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    India's digital IDs for land could exclude poor, indigenous communities

    Thu, 1 Apr 2021 17:07 PM

    India's plans to assign digital identification numbers to plots of land could exclude rural and indigenous people who do not hold titles

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    Tech issues hobble U.S. tenants fighting eviction in remote hearings

    Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:32 PM

    As legal proceedings shift online, many of the most vulnerable are left without the tools they need to show up in court

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    Out of my mind: Advances in brain tech spur calls for 'neuro-rights'

    Mon, 29 Mar 2021 13:30 PM

    As scientists learn more about how to manipulate the brain, ethicists say data could one day be collected, sold and exploited

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    'I will shoot whoever I see': Myanmar soldiers use TikTok to threaten protesters

    Fri, 5 Mar 2021 07:33 AM

    TikTok is the latest social media platform to suffer a proliferation of menacing content, hate speech, and misinformation in Myanmar

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    Dominican Republic to construct fence along border with Haiti

    Sun, 28 Feb 2021 09:23 AM

    The Dominican Republic will begin constructing a fence along its border with Haiti to curb unauthorized migration and illicit trade

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    Best kept secret? Google move shows mapping risks

    Tue, 6 Oct 2020 04:35 AM

    Satellite imagery and virtual reality may be putting sacred spaces and privacy at risk

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    Land hunters: App matches Zimbabwe's farmers with vacant plots

    Fri, 25 Sep 2020 07:34 AM

    The app's creators hope it can help boost food security, in a country where more than half of irrigable land is lying idle

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    Australia asks Google to block users 'walking' sacred site

    Wed, 23 Sep 2020 10:41 AM

    Indigenous communities who successfully campaigned for the sacred site to be closed to climbers hope to remove virtual hikers