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TikTok travel influencers are illegally hitching a ride on Mauritania’s Iron Ore Train

Fast Company Tech

Iron ore makes up nearly 50% of the small nations exports. Social media can be a valuable tool for discovering unique experiencesbut its important to question whos sharing this inside info. Some, like Isaac Elam , even sell guides for riding illegally. The livelihood of Mauritanias people depends on this railway.

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Feds indict ‘The Bull’ for selling insider trading info on the dark web

The Verge

On Friday the SEC and the Department of Justice announced charges against Apostolos Trovias, a Greek national who they allege posted on dark web marketplaces using the nickname “The Bull.”. In 2017, the document alleges Trovias gave the IRS agent pre-release info from earnings releases on at least two occasions in exchange for Bitcoin.

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How Nonprofits Can Use Instagram for Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Instagram doesn’t let you add links to post captions — meaning that users who click through will always go through the contact info on your page or a link in your bio. For example, Feeding America is a nonprofit with a national network of more than 200 food banks. Build a Content Strategy.

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Scanning for Good: How One Nonprofit Used QR Codes to Raise Awareness

NetWits

The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a national organization creating hope in a comprehensive way through research, patient support, community outreach, and advocacy for a cure. Also, with mobile devices being so omnipresent, people could actually get the info at the game – verses taking the flyer home, visiting the website, etc.

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SXSW: Nonprofit ROI Poetry Slam

Amy Sample Ward

Check out the SXSW session info here. Danielle Brigida - National Wildlife Federation. Wendy Harman - American Red Cross - National Headquarters. Beth Kanter is moderating the Nonprofit Social Media ROI Poetry Slam. PRESENTERS. Beth Kanter - Beth’s Blog [Moderator]. Carie Lewis - The Humane Society of the United States.

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Lame spam of the day: U.N. natural disaster victim payment

Robert Weiner

Sender: Ban ki Moon (Info@cast.net). Subject: United Nations Headquarters. Text: United Nations Headquarters. 760 United Nations Plaza, New York, New York 10017, U.S. THE UNITED NATIONS. 6) Identification either, Passport photo page, Driver License or National ID. (IF Attention: Beneficiary. NO P O BOX). (3)

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First Reflections on Jumo

Amy Sample Ward

It seems that you have to have an organizational presence on facebook in order for the project page on Jumo to work/look right – I put in my facebook ID, thinking it was verifying my association as the admin on the organizational account, but instead it put my photo and info as the organization’s!