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Send a Better Message. We build global messaging management and automation platforms.
London, Nairobi, DC. Online.
Joined November 2008
After 15 memorable years, we're re-releasing FrontlineSMS as an open source, desktop product - and shutting the company down. \o/ More:
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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. https://t.co/GBJ2Kl8xSr
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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➡️ https://t.co/GBJ2Kl8xSr
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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: https://t.co/Xg8dpTRmHV
#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: https://t.co/TVlhcJn1PV
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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/ https://t.co/oY0sYDWT90
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Frontline Business \o/ On our strategy, markets, mistakes, and lessons over 15 years of building public interest technology. https://t.co/olkrToKY2m
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The second post in our closing series is on our business, strategy, and markets - and the lessons we learned in each. Frontline Business \o/ https://t.co/olkrToKY2m
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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)
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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! 🎉 https://t.co/xdccaChYZd
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Tech is not inclusive until it is inclusive of multiple languages and multiple digital skills. @HeatherLeson #acmcompass2021 #closing_keynote.
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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/ https://t.co/oejl7ntImg
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Big agree with this! https://t.co/dzuYS5Ehs6
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Frontline is building open, configurable tools that make it easier to connect and translate systems using the world’s most distributed technologies.
@ShannonVallor @libbykinsey @wsisaac @mona_sloane @agstrait @ibard 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: https://t.co/z5peAh3Zll
@isoc_pulse @OpenObservatory @AfricaShutdowns
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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 https://t.co/zv55KBOjnG
#RightsCon #fastly
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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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@USAID_Digital "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
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