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Vietnam’s Zalo Connect: Digital authoritarianism in peer-to-peer aid platforms

Trang Le 01/06/2022

The Zalo Connect app in Vietnam connects users in need with private donors. But in doing so, it exemplifies a humanitarian trend that centres on extracting data from vulnerable communities as a precondition to receiving aid, protection, and justice.

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Vietnam’s Zalo Connect: Digital authoritarianism in peer-to-peer aid platforms

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