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Edupia raises Series A to close the education gap in Vietnam

TechCrunch

Most of its users are in Vietnam, but Edupia is also expanding into other Southeast Asian markets like Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar, and adding more subjects, including math and coding. Before founding Edupia, Hung spent 10 years as director of digital services at Viettel, the largest telco in Vietnam.

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Southeast Asian startups to watch in 2022

TechCrunch

It’s the easiest option when I’m trying to be succinct, but Southeast Asia consists of 11 countries, and obviously there are huge differences between, say, Singapore, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines and Indonesia. I always feel a bit silly using the term “Southeast Asia” because the region is so large and complex.

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Facebook India’s controversial policy chief has resigned

The Verge

Facebook had been slow to take action against many of the Hindu nationalist groups responsible for the violence, leading to concerns that the company was repeating the mistakes that preceded similar violence in Myanmar and Sri Lanka. The official line is that Ankhi Das is leaving to pursue her 'personal interest in public service.'

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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Constructive Disruption: Advancing Social Change Through the Cloud

NTEN

Shortly after a Cyclone struck Myanmar in May 2008, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) created a web-based collaboration portal for aid workers in the region that enabled more than 100 relief organizations to communicate, analyze information and manage resources.

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YouTube has terminated five Myanmar military-run channels as political unrest continues

The Verge

YouTube terminated five Myanmar military channels from its platform on Friday, Reuters reports. The removals include YouTube channels for the government-run Myanma Radio and Television (MRTV) network and the military-owned Myawaddy Media used to spread military propaganda in Myanmar.

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What a new book reveals about Facebook and Russian interference

The Verge

While Facebook considered what to do about the Russians’ hack-and-leak campaign, a separate influence operation was unfolding under its nose. Stamos left Facebook in the summer of 2018 to create the Stanford Internet Observatory, where he built a team that analyzes influence operations on social platforms around the world.