Kenya ends a year-long investigation into Worldcoin with “no further police action” and says the startup must register its business, acquire licenses, and more
‘No further police action’ Mayowa Adebajo / Coinspeaker : Worldcoin Expands to Ecuador, Scores Big Win in Kenya, as WLD Price Jumps
Amazon and telecom Vrio plan to launch a satellite internet service in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia, coming online in mid-2025
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A look at Buenos Aires' legal battle to turn back on a facial recognition system that activists criticized for its misuse and the city shut down in March 2020
A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognition—even with laws and limits in place. X: @nunobsoares , @annacat_brigida , @larrondomanuel , @mxsfrt , and @marinawa...
A look at growing movements by gig economy workers in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, and Ecuador, protesting the conditions at UberEats, Rappi, and iFood
Martha Pskowski / VICE : Tweets: @vice , @vice , and @motherboard Tweets: @vice : “You make money but you don't live.” https://www.vice.com/... @vice : “Do you know what torture it is to go hungry wh...
Ecuador's state-run Twitter troll army, perfected by former president Rafael Correa, has become less organized but more sophisticated since his departure
by Danielle Mackey, from Quito Megatobin / @megatobin1 : “The anti-CONAIE campaign was laden with an old racism. But the methods by which it was carried out were new,” — Danielle Mackey on how hiring ...
Twitter suspends more state-backed accounts for information operations; this batch originated in China, UAE, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Spain, and Ecuador
In October 2018, we disclosed the first comprehensive archive of state-backed information operations on Twitter.
Personal information of most of Ecuador's population, including 6.7M children, left exposed online with home addresses, phone numbers, work information, more
including Julian Assange SecurityWeek : Security Firm: Data Breach Exposes Millions of Ecuadorians Elliot Hannon / Slate : Sensitive Personal and Financial Data of What's Likely an Entire Country Leak...
Personal information of most of Ecuador's population, including 6.7M children, left exposed online with home addresses, phone numbers, work information, more
Elasticsearch server leaks personal data on Ecuador's citizens, their family trees, and children, but also some users' financial records and car registration information.
As China exports its surveillance tech to the world, a look at its use in Ecuador, where 4,300 cameras feed video to 16 monitoring stations employing ~3K people
In Ecuador, cameras across the country send footage to monitoring centers to be examined by police and domestic intelligence. Tweets: @melissakchan , @melissakchan , @melissakchan , @melissakchan , @m...
Ecuador has barred Julian Assange from using the internet from its embassy in London, saying he violated an agreement not to interfere in international affairs
LONDON — Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, has been barred from using the Internet at the Ecuadoran Embassy in London …