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“Trump’s dehumanizing rhetoric and blatant attacks against immigrant communities will, without question, only fuel more hate against not only Chinese immigrants but all Asian Americans in the U.S.,” Cynthia Choi, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and co-executive director of Chinese…
“Language access is a cornerstone of democracy and social justice,” said CAA Policy Manager Anisha Hingorani. “In a city as diverse as San Francisco, linguistic inclusivity isn’t just a goal – it is an obligation. By breaking down barriers, we…
In 2023, Piyaoba documented a total of 636 pieces of Chinese-language disinformation circulating across social media such as WeChat, Telegram and YouTube. This year, it has documented 136 through March 10.
“Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, gun ownership has increased among Asian Americans, a group that has had historically low levels of gun ownership and high support for gun control measures,” the report states. “At the same time, disinformation…
华促会中文数字互动项目经理牛金霞(Jinxia Niu)说：“中文数字空间中的网络虚假信息对我们的社区构成了重大挑战。我们发现，虽然有些中文枪支暴力虚假信息是在转述英语媒体上的信息，但也有些是专门针对中文读者、带有右翼倾向的虚假信息，其中一些信息利用了中国移民的历史和文化创伤。”
The report, released Tuesday by the civil rights nonprofit group Chinese for Affirmative Action, pointed to five dominant narratives emerging — largely on WeChat — including the idea that banning guns is a step toward authoritarianism, while gun ownership represents…
三藩市市參事華頌善（Shamann Walton）和華人權益促進會（Chinese for Affirmative Action）等社區組織周一（6日）在市府前集會，在規劃委員會（Rule Committee）就語言使用權舉行聽證會前，宣佈加強三藩市《語言使用條例》的補充修正案，以擴大城市中的語言無障礙服務。
“When you want community members to be able to fully participate in those meetings,” full, bi-directional interpretation is best, Ng said. But “we often hear that they don’t have enough staff” to provide that service, he added.
Anisha Hingorani, policy manager at CAA, tells Axios that the issue of digital equity landed on the group’s radar during the pandemic amid an influx of clients trying to apply for unemployment benefits.
Alice Cheng, Education Equity Community Advocate at Chinese for Affirmative Action, said there will be a conference at UC Law San Francisco on May 4 to bring together students, parents, teachers, and other stakeholders to reflect on this landmark case.…
Jin Xia says that WeChat is still the main channel for fake news in Chinese, but Chinese-language Twitter (X), Telegram, YouTube, and Xiaohongshu (小紅書) are all culprits as well.
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