How can one use technology to help oppressed people regain their voice?
Nairobi's premier university is under siege as the country tries to come to terms with the death of two students on campus. http://utafitini.com/home/post/1760/university-of-nairobi-students-killed-following-theft-allegations
Some quarters say the dead students were thieves who were caught stealing a laptop and mob justice was mete on them while others say the two students were killed by gangs for yet to be known reasons.
How can developer/s best leverage technology to give people who have become passive participants their voice back to fight for their rights?
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[ 2.0 ms ] story [ 14.7 ms ] threadThe fundamental problem with pitching a technology as one that helps people fight for their rights is that such technology is banned by the oppressing regime very soon.
However, there have been a lot of cases where apps (with different main use cases) have been used by oppressed communities to communicate. Two apps immediately come to mind:
1) Firechat: Hong Kong protesters used this app to communicate with each other without being intercepted by authorities.
2) Threema: An app which provides end to end encryption of messages is serving as a life-saver for the LGBT community in Lebanon and Iran where the punishment for being gay is death.