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Live Blog: Is Technology Really Good for Human Rights

Amy Sample Ward

That ethos continued until the last three years or so with issues in Burma, Iran, and China. Panelists include: Susan Pointer, Google’s Director of Public Policy & Government Relations. Today, a China official said the internet is a new battlefield without gun powder. Even in China?

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Grave Work

Non Profit Quarterly

When transcoding audio of voices, the worker knows they are putting into writing the words of a speaker with an Irish accent. Google’s use of microwork for a US Department of Defense initiative, Project Maven, is a case in point. But there is no sense of what this recording actually is (e.g., to automate fast-food restaurants).

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Solutionary Women: Alli Chagi-Starr, Ilyse Hogue, Melinda Kramer and Reem Rahim

Have Fun - Do Good

And the podcasts became an extension of that, because I realized I wanted to do interviews, and it was a great way to do the interviews and have them in an audio form for people who are interested in audio, and then also I get them transcribed and put them on the blog. It's best to pick a topic that's sort of a niche topic, or.

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