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  • Caste in India: Hip hop fights for Dalit rights

    Rudraneil Sengupta

    April 02, 2023 |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Dalit hip-hop musicians are using their art and social media to propel the Dalit rights and anti-caste movements to the forefront of mainstream conversation.

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  • To Empower Youths, this Nigerian is Teaching Digital Skills in Yorùbá

    Taiwo Fatola

    March 06, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    A data analyst who is a Microsoft-certified trainer uploads videos on social media teaching digital technology skills in the Yorùbá language. The videos are free to watch and break the language barrier that arises with most English-only tech information available online.

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  • Born during COVID lockdown, initiative sparks success in math among students who previously failed repeatedly

    Abdulwasiu Mujeeb

    December 24, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    Esomnofu Online Math is a nonprofit that helps students in Nigeria better understand mathematics for free by posting videos explaining the subject on social media.

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  • Abandoned homes: how village in Sumy region helps IDPs find new housing

    Alice Smahina

    December 20, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Kapustyntsi

    The village of Kapustyntsi, Ukraine, welcomed people displaced by the war into abandoned houses through Facebook posts. The community worked to clean up the houses, contact owners and heirs for permission to use them, or take legal action to claim them when necessary.

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  • How Black Twitter steered the spotlight to Shanquella Robinson

    Candice Norwood Rebekah Barber

    December 02, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Black people use social media to gather and amplify information about missing and murdered black women when the mainstream media is not covering their stories.

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  • A Gen Z-led company tapped TikTok influencers to turn out young voters in midterm elections, creating a “blueprint” for 2024

    Nicole Gaudiano

    December 01, 2022 |

    Business Insider |

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    Response Location: United States

    To reach young voters more effectively, a company called Social Currant matched voter advocacy organizations such as NextGen America and Community Change Action with social media creators. The creators' posts about voting and civic engagement reached roughly 13 million people on TikTok and Instagram.

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  • How to Fight Digital Colonialism

    Toussaint Nothias

    November 14, 2022 |

    Boston Review |

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    Response Location: India

    When Facebook rolled out its Free Basics program offering internet services through a company-controlled portal, Indian activists launched the Save the Internet campaign to oppose the initiative and the practice of "zero-rating" on the grounds that these practices violated Net Neutrality. Through marches, social media organizing, and viral videos, the movement was able to sway public opinion and the Indian regulatory authority ultimately outlawed zero-rating.

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  • Osun's Bumpy Road To 'Health For All': Successes, Failures And Lessons

    Rasheed Adebiyi Abdulgafar Adebayo

    September 15, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Osogbo, Osun

    The Osun Health Insurance Scheme or O'HIS provides affordable healthcare services to residents by compulsorily enrolling residents in the program and deducting a premium from their salary. Since 2018, at least 260,000 citizens have registered for O'HIS and the agency uses Facebook, Twitter and sponsored radio programs to create awareness across the state.

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  • Punjabi Lehar: Pakistan YouTuber reunites families split by partition

    Shumaila Jaffery

    August 17, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Pakistan

    Punjabi Lehar is a YouTube channel that seeks to heal the personal wounds of the Indian and Pakistan Partition, which caused families to be forcibly split up and unable to reunite for over 75 years. The channel has over 600,000 subscribers and the videos feature people searching for loved ones or help finding images of their ancestral houses. The videos have helped many people reunite, either virtually or in person, with loved ones.

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  • A non-profit is using artificial intelligence to link blood donors

    Tijani Abdulkabeer

    August 02, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    J Blood Match uses an Artificial Intelligence program-bot embedded into the social media platforms Telegram and Facebook messenger to connect unpaid blood donors to recipients in need.

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