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WhatsApp vigilantes in India are converting Christians by force. In this episode, Rest of World explores how far-right Hindu nationalists use WhatsApp to target Christian families when they’re most vulnerable — by preventing them from burying their dead. Written by Parth MN. Additional reporting by Durga M Sengupta.
Behind SmartNews, the $2 billion unicorn trying to fix the news ...
Oct 14, 2021 · SmartNews has developed a news-recommendation algorithm that promises to serve its readers a personalized, but politically balanced range of stories. Alongside is a feature called “News From All Sides,” built specifically for the U.S. market. It marks the partisan spectrum of news stories clearly, and allows readers to toggle between them.
These vending machines sell internet access five minutes at a time
Jan 17, 2022 · The sound of clinking coins fills a narrow alley in Metro Manila. In the backstreets of Pasig City, children stream in and out of a corner shop, noisily exchanging bills for pesos before stampeding next door to a row of mini-internet vending machines: pisonets. “Pisonets are necessities,” said Madeleine Casim from behind the counter of her corner shop.
Nigeria’s filmmakers turn to YouTube for distribution - Rest of World
Dec 11, 2023 · Another popular Nigerian filmmaker, Seun Oloketuyi, decided to start releasing his movies on YouTube in 2022, after battling piracy for years. “All it takes is just one person going to the market to buy one copy of the CD and send it to the U.K. and the U.S.,” he told Rest of World. “The person in these countries makes multiple copies and ...
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Oct 24, 2024 · Test your knowledge of e-commerce startups, 17th-century markets, and everything in between. By Rest of World. Creator Economy 17 October 2024. The Catholic Church condemned Santa Muerte. TikTokers gave her a makeover. A growing number of Santa Muerte devotees are using social media to rebrand the controversial Mexican deity of death.
An ancient language has defied decryption for 100 years. Can AI …
Feb 8, 2022 · It took professional and amateur epigraphists — people who study ancient written matter — nearly six decades of mental wrangling to decode Linear B. Officially, 30-year-old British architect Michael Ventris is primarily credited with its decipherment, although the private efforts of classicist Alice Kober lay the groundwork for his ...
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Oct 30, 2024 · As online shopping booms, local merchants are struggling to adapt, despite government help. By Lam Le. Silicon Valley in Rest of World 28 October 2024. Amazon launched a program for Indian handicrafts. Local artisans say it’s not working. Makers say Amazon Karigar has failed to distinguish their crafts from mass-produced items. By Nipun ...
TikTok is repeating Facebook’s mistakes in Myanmar
A video posted to TikTok on March 3rd threatening to shoot protesters. Now, members of Myanmar’s digital-rights community say that TikTok, a social media platform valued at $50 billion, is repeating these mistakes. These individuals described the company to Rest of World as a “black hole” that had not made inroads with civil society nor hired enough Burmese-speaking experts to enable it ...
China’s favorite resale app is a youth subculture hot spot
Oct 13, 2023 · Developed by e-commerce giant Alibaba in 2014, Xianyu (“idle fish” in Chinese) is the largest secondhand trading app in China. With over 500 million monthly active users, it is the second largest e-commerce app in the Alibaba ecosystem, second only to Taobao. The app’s user base skews young — 45% of its users are born after 1995 — and ...