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How to help Myanmar earthquake victims: 5 things you can do right now

Fast Company Tech

magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar in the northern part of the country. In Myanmar, the effects of the natural disaster are intensified due to the civil war the country has been engulfed in since 2021. How to donate to Myanmar’s earthquake victims There are ways people outside the country can help Myanmar earthquake victims.

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Youth Programs Benefit from Microsoft Donations

Tech Soup

Speaking of impact, London, England-based Childreach International works in partnership with local communities in the developing world to help improve children’s access to healthcare, education, child rights, and protection. In the past year, Childreach International has impacted the lives of over 70,000 children.

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Dear Sophie: What can we do to help employees who are Ukrainian citizens?

TechCrunch

Dear Sophie: How long does it take to get International Entrepreneur Parole? Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), has the power to designate or extend TPS to a country if circumstances — such as an armed conflict or natural disaster — make that country unsafe. More posts by this contributor.

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The Hard Problems: A Resilient Civil Society To Face What’s Next

The NonProfit Times

(Photo By Deposit Photos) By Marnie Webb From the frontlines of disaster relief to the forefront of technological innovation, civil society organizations are navigating a rapidly changing landscape. In Uganda and Myanmar. We see restrictions playing out in Paraguay and the United States. Hungary and Iran.

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What a new book reveals about Facebook and Russian interference

The Verge

By the time it’s all over, Donald Trump will be president, and Facebook’s halting response triggers an international reckoning over the size and power of technology platforms. Facebook first discovered GRU activity in March 2016, according to a postmortem circulated internally the following year.

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Platforms successfully stopped a lame COVID conspiracy video from going viral

The Verge

Contrast that with last month’s content moderation disaster, which was essentially a bunch of nonsense that was uttered during a live stream of a press conference. As Kevin Roose notes , Indoctornation was the rare piece of misinformation to be announced 887 times ahead of its arrival. It was misinformation with a premiere date.

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