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In order to keep pace with our evolving needs for digital technology, it is critical that we rapidly bring down costs so that these bigger data packages are within reach for everyone.https://webfoundation.org/2021/03/mobile-data-costs-fall-but-as-demand-for-internet-services-surges-progress-remains-too-slow/ …

Despite big promises to remove anti-vaxxers, Facebook's disinfo superspreaders are still active on the platform, reaching millions of people. @CCDHate estimates that just 12 accounts are responsible for 65% of coronavirus disinformation shared online.https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3dgqm/facebook-just-lied-to-congress-about-its-huge-covidanti-vaxxer-problem …

Hidden behind a smokescreen of fake companies and false identities, the people facilitating slander and the self-proclaimed “good guys” who help remove it are often one and the same. @kashhill @Aaron_Krolik #TheWebThisWeekhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/24/technology/online-slander-websites.html …

Twitter withheld 52 posts in India at the government's request that are critical of the response to Covid-19. The tweets included those by prominent politicians, filmmakers, and an actor. @medianama #TheWebThisWeekhttps://www.medianama.com/2021/04/223-twitter-mp-minister-censor/ …

A colony of beavers gnawed through a fibre optic cable near their dam, disrupting internet service for hundreds of residents in Western Canada for four and a half hours. #TheWebThisWeekhttps://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/27/world/canada-beavers-internet-outage-trnd/index.html …

When we unlock our phone or boot up our laptop, most of us take for granted that we’ll be able to connect to the internet. But around the world, many lack a critical ingredient of internet infrastructure needed to connect: electricity.https://webfoundation.org/2021/03/no-connectivity-without-electricity-how-a-lack-of-power-keeps-millions-offline/ …

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Consumers should have the right and ability to fix their gadgets — or have a trusted person do it for them. Right to repair legislation will help, argues @dlberes #TheWebThisWeekhttps://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/opinion/iphone-apple-electronics-technology.html …

When traditional exchanges closed during the pandemic, many migrant workers turned to crypto to send remittances home. Here's a look at how migrants are adopting technology that most people don't understand. @Andalalucha on @restofworld #TheWebThisWeek https://restofworld.org/2021/crypto-remittances/ ….

Roughly half of the workers in Google data centres actually work for Google. The other half are contractors. The difference goes beyond just second-tier social status to job insecurity and forced unemployment. #TheWebThisWeekhttps://www.protocol.com/google-contractors-forced-unemployment …

Semiconductor producers are trying to increase output, but the small gains are unlikely to fix the shortfalls hampering the production of everything from cars to home appliances to PCs. #TheWebThisWeekhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-chip-shortage-is-so-hard-to-overcome-11618844905 …

Clubhouse is built on a combination of engineered hype, artificial scarcity and exclusivity, and the fear of missing out, with little regard for privacy, security or accessibility, writes @hackylawyER #TheWebThisWeekhttps://www.cigionline.org/articles/4-billion-app-doesnt-value-privacy-security-or-accessibility …

By introducing privacy-focused updates to their dominant mobile software, Apple and Google are doing more to change online tracking practices in a few weeks than regulation did in years. But who benefits, the users or the shareholders? #TheWebThisWeekhttps://www.politico.eu/article/google-apple-privacy-regulators-gdpr-floc/ …

Apple rolled out its new software update for their devices. It is expected to cause big changes to the $105 billion mobile ad industry and hurt Facebook’s business model. #TheWebThisWeekhttps://www.morningbrew.com/daily/stories/2021/04/25/apples-new-software-update-means-big-changes-ad-tracking …

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