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Privacy professionals
fromSilicon Canals
14 hours ago

The global south is being surveilled into compliance and Silicon Valley calls it development - Silicon Canals

Technology companies extract valuable personal data from Global South populations through development-framed digital infrastructure projects, concentrating data ownership and control in private corporations while host countries receive limited access.
Silicon Valley
fromSilicon Canals
19 hours ago

I tracked how a single algorithmic decision in Singapore cascades into loan denials in Lagos and job rejections in Sao Paulo - this is what digital colonialism actually looks like - Silicon Canals

Algorithmic credit-scoring models trained on Southeast Asian data fail when exported globally, perpetuating financial exclusion through culturally-specific assumptions presented as universal technology.
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 month ago

Not One Drop: How an Arizona Community Came Together to Fight a Data Center | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

On the summer solstice, a place known by many names brought us together. Referred to as Chuk Shon, Sentinel Peak, 'A' Mountain, or the birthplace of Tucson, this land is one of the only remaining areas where the expansive open desert west of Tucson, AZ, meets the Santa Cruz River. Essential to all life and continuously inhabited by humans for over 4,000 years, this place has been central to many, namely the Tohono O'odham.
Environment
Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
4 months ago

How AI could widen the global economic divide-and why all business leaders should care

Concentration of AI compute, cloud, and data in wealthy countries risks reinforcing economic inequality and extracting value from the Global South.
Real estate
fromGamintraveler
5 months ago

The Shocking Madrid Rent Gap: Why Tourists Pay 3,000 While Locals Pay 1000

Madrid's rental market operates two parallel systems where foreigners are charged much higher rents than locals due to information gaps and targeted listings.
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