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After 15 memorable years, we're re-releasing FrontlineSMS as an open source, desktop product - and shutting the company down.
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More: frontlinesms.com/blog/2021/6…
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What's the role of surveillance capitalism in undermining #humanrights, affecting #political and #social stability, and reducing human autonomy and trust?
🗓️27, w/ @MarechalPhD of @rankingrights, @MChrisRiley of @RSI, and @seanmmcdonald of @FrontlineSMS.
bit.ly/3nsJB8P
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Join @DataGovHub for our next #webinar, "Profits Built on Personal Data: gains and losses from our #data being monetized and how to mitigate."
With @MarechalPhD, of @NewAmerica; @MChrisRiley of @RSI, and @seanmartinmcdonald, of @FrontlineSMS.
Register➡️bit.ly/3nsJB8P
FrontlineSMS \o/ retweeted
Circumventing internet shutdowns has become part of Sudan's young Wifi-jackers default setting as they find ways and means to access free internet writes Zeinab Mohammed Salih for @indexcensorship: ow.ly/3LBR30s1Pc3 #KeepItOn @ParadigmHQ @gbengasesan @cipesaug
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The latest Talk Justice episode is out! Host @jtashea, @SRLN15's Katherine Alteneder, @lsnftweets' Leslie Powell-Boudreaux & @FrontlineSMS' Sean McDonald discuss the risks the "digital divide" presents as legal services increasingly go online.
Listen now: lsc.gov/talk-justice/talk-ju…
A lot of folks think mobile dependence is only happens in low-income countries.
In reality, it's not only global, it's generational. \o/
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There are a whole host of lessons in here for anyone trying to sustain an open source platform
The first-hand account of running a last-mile, social impact technology organization. Not easy to write, but hopefully useful to those who are considering the leap.
Frontline Business \o/
frontlinesms.com/blog/2021/7…
Frontline Business \o/
On our strategy, markets, mistakes, and lessons over 15 years of building public interest technology.
frontlinesms.com/blog/2021/7…
The second post in our closing series is on our business, strategy, and markets - and the lessons we learned in each.
Frontline Business \o/
frontlinesms.com/blog/2021/7…
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Some of the notable organizations include:
▫️@ACLEDINFO (data collection/analysis)
▫️@BusaraCenter (qualitative research)
▫️@Clingendaelorg (data-driven analysis)
▫️@myanmarido + @frontlinesms (digital tools/Peacetech)
▫️@TheSafecityApp (visualization tools)
▫️@turinginst (AI)
FrontlineSMS \o/ retweeted
Time to #LetTheNetWork
Following our mission to keep India online since 2010, @SFLCin is deploying a new #internetShutdowns tracker that helps in measuring the real impact of Internet Shutdowns.
#KeepItOn #internet #DigitalIndia #HumanRights #internetshutdown
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At last year's #SIGNALConf we introduced Twilio Frontline. Today, we're excited to announce it is now available in Public Beta! 🎉
twilio.com/blog/twilio-front…
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Tech is not inclusive until it is inclusive of multiple languages and multiple digital skills. @HeatherLeson #acmcompass2021 #closing_keynote.
We are re-releasing the updated FrontlineSMS as a free, open source, downloadable software. \o/
And, we are closing the company. /o\
It's been a long, rewarding, road to here - we're grateful to our community, team, clients, and supporters. \o/
frontlinesms.com/blog/2021/6…
Big agree with this!
opensource.com/life/15/3/fro…
5⃣ @wsisaac describes a 'missing middle' in which through the development of tools and principles, some of the socio-technical challenges have been overlooked..
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#KeepItOn update: who is shutting down the internet in 2021? We documented at least 50 cases of #InternetShutdowns in 21 countries from January - May. Click here for more details: accessnow.org/who-is-shuttin… @isoc_pulse @OpenObservatory @AfricaShutdowns
FrontlineSMS \o/ retweeted
The #outage is a reminder that we need to #keepiton. There's already been 55 (intentional) internet shutdowns this year in 21 countries, so if you're experiencing the outage today, think what no internet is like for a day, a week, 6mths accessnow.org/keepiton/ #RightsCon #fastly
Often, for the vital services treated as political "collateral damage," like healthcare, education, and basic commerce.
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Let's not forget - connectivity isn't an end. It's access to the services that connectivity is meant to create - and most of those services simply aren't designed for anything other than constant, stable bandwidth and power. Two things that don't exist in... lots of places.
@NeemaIyer biggest issue neglected in the debate is access and connectivity. "Marginalized people are left behind and the privileged have more power eg - not online less access to fact checking, gender digital divide, high internet costs"
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"3.7 billion people still lack any form of online access, that's 49% of the world's population," mentioned @ITUDevelopment Director Doreen Bogdan-Martin (@ITUBDTDirector) @ #GDDF2021. "Getting the remaining half of the world online will be a whole different ballgame." #TechChange