Océane (@oceane)

Erin Kissane @kissane@mas.to

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"But there’s one more thing—the Internet will make it impossible to go back. The Internet, once in place, guarantees that communication and empowerment become the law and the practice of your country."

"I’m convinced that you are all in for the ride of your life."

Eric Schmidt, Yangon, Myanmar, 2013

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Erin Kissane @kissane@mas.to

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This was, incidentally, the year after Myanmar started its slide into what would become an internet-enabled genocide. But in 2013, the tech companies still have three more years before things get really bad to help turn it around.

Not super difficult to guess what they did instead.

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Erin Kissane @kissane@mas.to

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I'm wrapping the draft of the first post in a series about all of this today, and digging into the next part. Hoping to start releasing them next week.

(9k words in the first post alone :blobcatsweat: )

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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist

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@kissane Oh wow that's a lot of words

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Erin Kissane @kissane@mas.to

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@oceane It's been a wild few weeks

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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist

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@kissane Gosh I hope you're ok

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Océane @oceane@peculiar.florist

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@kissane (I may lack sleep to finish important posts)

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