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Africa's mobile money taxes could push poor out of digital economy
App to help blind people navigate public transit in Washington
U.S. abortion rights threat fuels jump in crypto donations
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Life on the line: Deadly risks for world's food delivery drivers
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Coronavirus and surveillance
Crypto crowd dominate Davos main street despite price crash
Crypto crash leaves El Salvador with no easy exit from crisis
Performing artists push for copyright protection from AI deepfakes
Nigeria asks Facebook, other platforms to curtail hate speech
Uganda sued over digital ID system that excludes millions
EU eyes Big Tech to police child sex abuse online
E-scooters for nurses speed healthcare in Indian mining hub
Zoom urged by rights groups to rule out 'creepy' AI emotion tech
Does the crypto crash pose a threat to the financial system?
Content moderator in Kenya sues Meta over working conditions
Chatbots in U.S. justice system raise bias, privacy concerns
Gay dating app Grindr to go public in $2.1 billion deal
Pandemic tempts U.S. technology workers away from Silicon Valley
Philippine Nobel winner Ressa says Facebook 'biased against facts'
Elon Musk Twitter deal stirs fears of abuse in Asia, Middle East
Drones to data: Africans turn to healthtech
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Bitcoin: Eight places that want you to spend your virtual currency
Pakistan women fight gender norms to build online health business
Digital volunteers race to save Ukraine's art and heritage
Can tech help hold climate polluters to their net-zero pledges?
How investigators fact-check Ukraine war footage
Shanghai residents use code words, video to protest COVID lockdown
Ukraine's betting on crypto to help fund the war. Is it working?
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U.S. bitcoin mining under fire for climate, energy impact
Philippine 'Avengers' battle disinformation before election
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Are crypto donations having an impact in Ukraine?
Nigeria blocks 73 million mobile phones in security clampdown
Britons embrace savings apps as inflation hits household finances
As Malaysia tests AI court sentencing, lawyers fear for justice
Russians switch to homegrown social media amid Ukraine crackdown
South Africa's WhatsApp groups fuel racism and surveillance
U.S. gig worker murders expose apps' safety gaps, says labor group
In Brazil, satellites help scientists target Amazon forest losses
Removing carbon from air vital to reach climate goals, IPCC says
Ukrainian software engineers see lives upended by war
India bets on satellite broadband to bridge rural digital divide
video trustdocs
How investigators fact-check Ukraine war footage
Behind Russia's 'digital iron curtain', tech workarounds thrive
Internet woes shatter young Yemeni dreams of startups and studies
analysis
Facebook's 'double standard' on hate speech against Russians
Indians fight in court for right to be forgotten online
Urban Indians beat space crunch by investing in digital solar
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Scott Onder Mercy Corps

Blockchain can drive financial inclusion and climate resilience

Crypto and blockchain solutions can be tailored to meet the specific needs of the world's underbanked, and enable an inclusive and equitable global financial system.
Dr. Stefan Germann Fondation Botnar

Protecting the digital rights of children, young adults

Tech executives and governments do not protect children’s rights in online spaces adequately, and while 90% of children and young adults live in low- and middle-income countries, most research on how digital tech is impacting youth has focused on the global north.
Petra Molnar and Sarah Chander Centre for Refugee Studies

The AI Act: EU’s chance to regulate harmful border technologies

The AI Act will be the first regional mechanism of its kind in the world, but it needs a serious update to meaningfully address the profileration of harmful technologies tested and deployed at Europe’s borders.
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl DIGITALEUROPE

OPINION: Winning the cyber war with a united digital front

As initiatives to regulate artificial intelligence pop up across the world, the EU and the United States have a huge opportunity to act in concert and agree on common global standards.

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ANALYSIS: Moscow battles big tech to control the narrative
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Who wins, who loses from the boom in climate prediction startups?
'Doxxing' activists dole out virtual justice for Lebanon collapse

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