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• Predicting the weather will be harder with 5G in place.

  5G versus Satellites

• 400 international lawmakers slam Amazon's Jeff Bezos on wages, climate action, and taxes.

  Int'l Lawmakers vs Bezos

• Anti-poverty "opportunity zones" provide Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos with low tax expansion for space exploration.

  Poverty vs Musk and Bezos' Space Programs

• India's Doha Declaration is being challenged due to the Covid-19.

  Access to Justice during Pandemic

• Global shutdowns due to social media protests are reducing access to the most needy.

  Protesting via Social Media

• The FCC preempted part of San Francisco's broadband competition ordinance.

  FCC vs San Francisco's Broadband

• From Hong Kong to Chile activists have used technology to stay ahead of the authorities.

  Leaderless rebellion

• Amazon's lobbying funds and web services provide support for the unethical detention of migrants.

  Amazon Feeding ICE

• The FCC can no longer keep monopolistic high-tech companies in check.

  Net Neutrality's Death

• Two scholars analyze how Facebook and Twitter continue to support activists and activism.

  Social Media supporting Protests

• Zimbabwe again forces ‘total Internet shutdown’ amid unrest

  Zimbabwe vs the People

• Alphabet’s Jigsaw Redirect Method aims to stop kids from becoming radicalized terrorists.

  Jigsaw Fights Terrorism with Algorithms

• The USA Supreme Court approved a cypres settlement of $8.5M whereby plaintifs got just $5000 each.

  Google Search Class-Action Settlement

• Employees make 5 demands to protest its approach to sexual harassment and general fairness.

  Google Walkout of 2018

• Challenges and opportunities for digital inclusion in several countries.

  Cultural Challenges to Internet Usage

• Internet Village Motoman Project in rural Cambodia helps bridge the digital divide.

  Cambodian Internet Village

• Study finds inequalities between working-class and middle/upper-class groups participating in digital activism.

  Upper versus lower-class activism

• An ecological model of bridging the digital divide in education.

  the OLPC deployment in Nepal

• Clicks, Cabs, and Coffee Houses: Social Media and Oppositional Movements in Egypt.

  Egyptian 2004–2011 Uprisings

• The role of social media in protests and plundering resulting from the release of fuel prices in Mexico.

  Mexico Angry Over 2016 Fuel Prices

• What are privacy and security regulations for police officers' dash-cam footage?

  USA Police Dash-cam Footage

• The uses of mobile phones for social protest by Spain’s indignados

  Mobile Ensembles in Spain

• Social media were used to communicate between authorities, citizens, and rioters during the 2011 Stanley Cup ice hockey competition.

  Vancouver Hockey Riots

• Logan Paul, a former YouTube star, is one of the latest casualties of internet rage.

  the Japanese Suicide YouTube Video

• Amy Schumer, American comedian, and a film critic shame each other online.

  Comedian Versus Critic

• Cab drivers charged after a citizen videotapes their act of vandalism.

  Canadian Taxi Cab Drivers

• Amid Blocks, Bans, and Criticism, Dorsey Mulls a Twitter Redesign

  Twitter versus #BlockParty500

• Digitally-Enabled Feminist Activism

  the Global Anti-Street Harassment Movement