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TikTok: Is a Ban Imminent?

Photo Credit: Olivier Douliery By Isabelle R. StadStaff Writer Last month, TikTok CEO Shou Chew was barraged with questions from American lawmakers in a 5-hour-long Congressional hearing, amid a bipartisan call to ban the popular entertainment app entirely. In the U.S., it has always been widely condemned that China censors apps such as Youtube and…

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April 21, 2023

ACADEMIC, Asia, BLOG, Legal, NORTH AMERICA, POLICY PROPOSAL, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, technology

censorship, China, security, technology, Tik Tok, United States

Blockchain: An Unlikely Advocate for Women

Despite global actions to reduce sexism, women are still seen as legally inferior in many countries. Can technology help combat this social injustice?

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April 15, 2020

CULTURE, ECONOMICS, EDUCATION, HEALTH, HUMAN RIGHTS, POLITICS, technology, women

FINANCE, tech solutions, technology, women, women’s rights

Pegging on The Petro: Venezuela’s Crypto-friendly Strategy to Save a Failing Economy

Staff writer Sebastian Preising reports on the Venezuelan government’s adoption of cryptocurrency in an attempt to pull the country’s economy out of the deepest recession in modern history.

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March 1, 2020

ACADEMIC, ECONOMICS, FEATURED, LATIN AMERICA, technology

Cryptocurrency, Economics, LATIN AMERICA, technology