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Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

GeekWire

Sightline Institute Photo used under Creative Commons License ) As the Seattle area’s housing crisis continues, Housing Connector is trying to level the playing field for the region’s most vulnerable renters. It works with partners to provide conflict mitigation, behavioral support and other social services for renters.

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Paul G. Allen Family Foundation giving $1.4M in COVID-19 relief aimed at underserved communities

GeekWire

We cannot overlook communities that are disproportionately burdened by the economic and social impacts of this pandemic,” Jody Allen, chair of the Allen Family Foundation, said in a news release. The following nonprofits received immediate support: Na’ah? Pride Foundation ?

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My adult kids found themselves in nature. Will my youngest lose herself in her phone?

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It gave Hatcher a taste of independence he’d never known, introduced him to kayaking, and started him on a journey that would make him one of the youngest licensed guides working multiday trips on this wild river. Over the same span of time, I’ve also witnessed the way technology’s grip on our children has tightened. We pulled her out again.

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When your job helps the rest of America work

Vox

“Child care workers, the people providing this labor and this service that is absolutely vital to the continuing of our economy and families, are so underpaid that they can’t afford to cover their basic needs,” said Asha Banerjee, an economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit think tank. Nonprofits have also stepped in.

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Now what?

Vox

Let’s take a quick survey: Cut costs. And don’t bother arguing that there is a horde of conservative/free thinker users who will flood back to Twitter if Elon makes it more inviting for them: If there were, Donald Trump’s Truth Social would be booming, not a ghost town.). But Twitter is Twitter, so people have suggestions.

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TikTok’s success has made it a big target for regulators

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Yesterday we talked about the audio-only social network Clubhouse , which found itself at the center of controversy after failing to take action or even make a public comment after users began to experience harassment within the app. To its credit, TikTok has owned up to its overly draconian approach to the problem.

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