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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. Annabelle Sreberny, Professor of Global Media and Communication, School of Oriental and African Studies (with special interest in Iran, bloggers & social media). Even in China? Technology is amoral – it doesn’t care.

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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. 16 As corrupt avatars for big tech, microwork sites hide the new satanic mills of firms that ‘do no evil’. A global ‘servant economy’ beckons, writes Jason E. to automate fast-food restaurants).

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