Leila Janah of Samasource interviewed at Web 2.0 Expo New York 2010
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Samasource defines microwork as small online tasks like business-listing verification and content moderation and claims a model that directs about 70% of revenue to partners and workers rather than investor payouts. The organization connects over 550 women youth and refugees to paid tasks and reports building a functional SMS translation center in Haiti by training 50 translators in three weeks for under $20,000, though continuity of contracts for those workers remains a problem.
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