Beyoncé and Jay-Z headlined the Global Citizen Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Beyonce, Poverty, Jay Z, and Donation
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UN warns over human rights impact of a ‘digital welfare state’
The UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights has raised concerns about the UK’s rush to apply digital technologies and data tools to socially re-engineer the delivery of public services at scale, warning in a statement today that the impact of a digital welfare state on vulnerable people will be “immense”. He has […]
View More UN warns over human rights impact of a ‘digital welfare state’‘The Florida Project’ was snubbed for an Oscar because we don’t like stories of women in poverty
And the award for the best social-issue movie of the year goes to … a story about a woman who falls in love with a fish.
An oppressed fish. An impoverished fish. But ya know. A fish.
That’s the message many who care about this shit felt like they h…
Security robots are being used to ward off San Francisco’s homeless population
Is it worse if a robot instead of a human is used to deter the homeless from setting up camp outside places of business?
One such bot cop recently took over the outside of the San Francisco SPCA, an animal advocacy and pet adoption clinic in the city’s Mission district, to deter homeless people from hanging out there — causing some people to get very upset.
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