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<carolyngracemcguire> Hello Everyone :wave: I'm Carolyn from Atlanta, Georgia USA :slightly_smiling_face: @undefined I was incredibly inspired after hearing your interview with Tristan Harris, and I'm actively rallying designers and technologists in my city around how to implement some of your strategies. Thank you for the inspiration!
<benrfinn> Hello everyone. I need urgent help.
I work for an IT social enterprise in Myanmar. I hope by now many of you have heard of the military coup that happened there and the increasingly violent actions of the military government. They have started killing people and are about to pass a law making free speech illegal (if you think I am being hyperbolic please do some research and you will see I am not) which they will then punish with prison or death. By a coincidence of fate I
about a month ago so I am currently located here.
My company (Koe Koe Tech Myanmar) is currently working on an AI/ML solution to fight hate speech, misinformation and calls to violence on social media platforms. We have been endorsed by Facebook, Twitter and others who are working with us to this effort. We have begun deploying our beta to NGOs around the world and have been met with much acclaim as civil rights defenders. If you would like more details I am happy to provide it but our
We have been taking down hate speech and misinformation from the military government and it is inevitable we will begin to be targeted for repercussions (prison or death for "resisting"). There is already some odd propaganda against us that makes us nervous.
We want to get our people (about 80 employees and some family members) out of the country. We have some Human Rights Defenders grants and other backers to this end and think that money is not our biggest bottleneck. *Visas are*. We have identified Taiwan as the best place to move. You are a democracy who believes in human rights and free speech. You have a Myanmar population here already so the cultural shock wont be too much for our peo
left the country) and above all you understand and believe in tech.
Please help. I would like to speak to someone in the government or an NGO about visas and any assistance they can offer. If anyone can point me in the right direction we will be extremely grateful.
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<sansword> 感謝 @undefined 剛剛的分享，只參加到下半場覺得可惜。
<sansword> 喔喔喔喔！最近在 clubhouse 台語台大家有些新的詞卡住的時候我都會推薦這個網站。