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Some far-right activists and conspiracy theories are advocating against card-payments and for cash, and it's pissing me off in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are there reasonably okay options to paying digitally without the surveillance part (or at least less of it as compared to credit cards?) Blockchain is a nonstarter due to the practical limitations in sustaining proof of work and stake.

Some far-right activists and conspiracy theories are advocating against card-payments and for cash, and it's pissing me off in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What a great thing it is, to entertain an idea without necessarily accepting it.

We evaluated 26 of the world’s most powerful digital platforms and telecommunications companies on their disclosed policies and practices affecting people’s rights to freedom of expression and privacy in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I have a very tough time decoupling these lists from their market-led and sponsored base.

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WHO approves emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine (www.aljazeera.com)
 

“This afternoon, WHO gave emergency use listing to sign off on Beijing’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhahom Ghebreyesus said.

Brainstorm time: Why do non-West country users have less participation on discussion forums? (Read text for context) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (1 children)

As someone who grew up in an African country and spent sometime in North America, I would say there are various reasons one can point to [language, economic conditions, nature of available technology etc]. Most conversations in my growing up were ephemeral + oral. Mobile phones started changing the landscape. Facebook and Messaging apps like Telegram, Viber, and WhatsApp changed a lot of conversations from peer-to-peer to 'mediated' ones. I would say that most African-based folks are every social and active in discussions. They are just not in the platforms Westerns frequent, and increasingly so with closed-messaging platforms like WhatsApp groups.