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Human Rights, Social Media, and Myanmar, with Ray Serrato
Human Rights, Social Media, and Myanmar, with Ray Serrato
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Mar 24, 2019
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Podcast episode
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Ray Serrato, Social Media Analyst at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, discusses how social media data is used in the context of human rights violations. Ray breaks down the attacks against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, and we discuss the role of social media in these attacks. Lastly, we talk about what the closing down of social media APIs means for future human rights work.
Released:
Mar 24, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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