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Google workers across the globe announce international union alliance to hold Alphabet accountable

The Verge

In 2020, UNI Global Union helped to organize the Make Amazon Pay campaign , an international Black Friday strike that garnered support from more than 400 lawmakers. In total, the alliance includes unions from the United States, Switzerland, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and Belgium.

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Bookshare without Borders: #1/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Bookshare International Library We’re always thinking about new ways in which Benetech could go deeper and help many more people. We’re making securing new funding for Bookshare’s international expansion a top priority! We have built Bookshare International upon three principles.

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Our WIPO Statement on the Treaty for Access for People with Disabilities

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For example, all residents with the qualifying disabilities in Australia, Denmark and Qatar, to pick just three examples, now have free access to Bookshare thanks to our joint efforts with local and national disability groups in these countries.

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Global philanthropy responds to the Ukraine crisis

Candid

million that will be internally displaced and 12 million who will need humanitarian assistance of some kind. Governments have also directed hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance for Ukraine. We have been tracking philanthropy’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Giving by funder type. Pledges by funder type.

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Update: Philanthropy’s response to Ukraine crisis

Candid

In the meantime, individuals, governments, and private philanthropy fund relief on the ground, trying to keep up with displacement and need on a massive scale. Images of massive tank columns, hollowed-out buildings, and refugees on the move are eerily familiar to those seen in the European Theater of World War II. United Kingdom. 20,000,000.

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Apeel gets more cash to fight poverty and food insecurity in emerging markets with its food-preserving tech

TechCrunch

Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, Rogers said the company can have an outsized impact to improve the amount of money going into a farmer’s pocket. Preventing food waste nets Apeel $250 million from Singapore’s government, Oprah and Katy Perry. “The program with the IFC is to build supply chains out,” he said.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

Don't freak out, but your gut is right: Your internet service provider (ISP) is tracking your every click to compile anonymous browsing logs they can potentially sell to advertising companies , or even cough up to government agencies in the interest of censorship. And yes, that includes the clicks that brought you to this article.)

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