[nonostantement #177] - sikh free food / online iraqi women / chinese content farms
NOW with MORE chinese workers manufacturing products!
Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with legitimate, confusing and romantic stuff found all over the Internet.
Hi everyone, my name is Joele, I live in Barcelona and I work managing online presence of brands, companies and institutions. While I'm on the Internet I find interesting things that I then send to my friends every Sunday with this same email.
A couple of random tracks I've been listening to lately, you can use them as soundtrack for this newsletter: Blundetto - Mahayana, Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues.
#PEOPLE
[Video] I am always fascinated by Sikh religion and their precepts. I also have a certain passion for complex organizations. So, how can I not be impressed by The Largest Free Kitchen in the World, India's Golden Temple, Which Serves 100,000 Free Meals Per Day?
After the obvious explosion of 2020, video streaming services are seeing some cooling in the numbers. User fatigue or simple market normalization?
#SOCIALMEDIA
Because of the work I do, I am obviously very interested in how people (as groups, tribes, or individuals) live online. I must admit that the invasion of a certain mainstream culture we just witnessed during last year… has tired me a little. I therefore find it quite exciting to read about how the Internet it is used by people who do not have the same privileges as we do: Three Iraqi women explain how and why they stay anonymous online.
How workers manufacturing products like aloe jelly and gardening gloves also became the influencers selling them. The Chinese content farms behind Factory TikTok.
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Some users from the Global South are sharing their Facebook accounts with shady middlemen to fuel fake engagement. The practice is corrupting civil discourse around the world.
Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business. Facebook ultimately sided with Turkey’s demand to block the page of a mostly Kurdish militia.
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