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2025-03-06 14:33:51 UTC

One garment factory worker said her target has increased by 75% since a smart manufacturing tracker was installed on her sewing machine in 2022. She has stopped using the bathroom to keep up
https://restofworld.org/2025/bangladesh-garment-factories-automation-surveillance/?utm_source=mast

2025-02-27 16:14:15 UTC

Cloud computing costs in Nigeria skyrocketed as the naira depreciated around 70% against the dollar between 2020 and 2024, while companies charged users in dollars. In response, Nigerians built their own affordable cloud platforms
https://restofworld.org/2025/aws-google-cloud-nigeria-alternatives/

2025-01-13 17:04:43 UTC

Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet is now cheaper than the leading internet provider in some African countries
https://restofworld.org/2025/starlink-cheaper-internet-africa/?utm_source=mast
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2025-01-10 17:23:42 UTC

“The company’s new overhaul will not promise more freedom of expression and less censorship across the Middle East and North African region as Mark Zuckerberg would like to sell. Rather, it will wreak more havoc on online civic spaces in the region that are already strife with state-sponsored disinformation, hate speech, and genocidal rhetoric.”
https://restofworld.org/2025/meta-drops-fact-checking-partnerships-global-watchdogs-scramble/

2024-10-28 14:23:22 UTC

Amazon launched a program dedicated to Indian handicrafts in 2017. The program now counts 1.6 million sellers. But artisans say their sales are lackluster, and that Amazon treats their crafts like any other industrially produced object
https://restofworld.org/2024/amazon-karigar-india-handicraft-makers/?utm_source=mast
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2024-09-16 20:35:58 UTC

Since the ban, left-wing and progressive politicians in Brazil are largely migrating to Bluesky, a competing microblogging platform. About 85% of Bluesky’s new users since August 30 have come from Brazil. But right-wing politicians are gaining support on X
https://restofworld.org/2024/brazil-x-ban/

2024-08-16 14:06:43 UTC

Meanwhile on X, networks of bots trying to influence elections are running wild
https://restofworld.org/2024/twitter-x-bots-elon-musk-elections/?utm_source=MA