Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies - Pt. 1

Blog posts & media:

The Digital Lives of Refugees (GSMA Mobile for Development, July-Sept. 2019)
- Five part blog series that discusses GSMA's recent report, "The Digital Lives of Refugees: How Displaced Populations Use Mobile Phones and What Gets in the Way." The series begins with an overview, then focuses on mobile financial services, digital identity, mobile-enabled utilities and Uganda.

"Facebook Says Homeland Security Can’t Make Fake Accounts," The Verge, 3 Sept. 2019 [text]
- See also related AP news story.

"Google Says Google Translate Can’t Replace Human Translators. Immigration Officials Have Used It to Vet Refugees," ProPublica, 26 Sept. 2019 [text]

Network Shutdowns in Rohingya Camps: How They’re Damaging the Fragile Information Ecosystem of Refugees from Myanmar (Access Now Blog, Oct. 2019) [text]
- See also related Human Rights Watch news story.

"New Tool to Quell Violence in Ethiopian Refugee Camps: Podcasts," VOA News, 4 Sept. 2019 [text]

"Thanks to Iris Scanning, Refugees Can Get the Food They Need at a Glance," Digital Trends, 26 Sept. 2019 [text]

Three Ways Humanitarians Can Become More Data Savvy (ALNAP Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]

"UN Communications Chief under Fire for Tweeting Refugee's Details," The Guardian, 3 Sept. 2019 [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: ICTs & Other Technologies (20 Aug. 2019)

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