Year of the pandemic 16 March 2021 Hackers are making a killing off the pandemic The head of the U.N.’s anti-cybercrime unit talks to Rest of World about how bad actors have managed to exploit the pandemic.
Reports 4 January 2021 Meet the most famous North Korean on YouTube North Koreans, like Jun Heo, who have crossed the DMZ are turning to vlogging to challenge southerners’ prejudices against defectors.
News 20 October 2020 As cases of Covid-19 surged, Facebook sent its content moderators in India back to work Employees told Rest of World the contractor they work for is taking advantage of an economic crisis.
Reports 22 July 2020 “The despair and darkness of people will get to you” Thousands of foreign moderators keep the worst content off Facebook but receive little support for the traumatic work. Could that change?
News 20 July 2020 Meet the man trying to automate Thailand’s hospitals The coronavirus pandemic is pushing doctors to use robots to treat patients. This pioneer saw the new world coming.
Been There, Built That 30 June 2020 What good are millions of apps if (almost) nobody can use them? How one software pioneer built a hyper-localized app store that unlocked the internet for 90% of India
Been There, Built That 19 May 2020 How to solve one billion complaints The former head of Twitter India's news, politics, and government on the e-governance platform built for users and what he learned from it