Why are Child Soldiers & Prostitution in OLPC Videos?!
Joanna Stern at Laptop Mag asks "Has OLPC gone too far" with their latest promotional video, one that starts with child soldiers training to fight and child prostitutes soliciting for sex, before promoting XO's for children:
While Joanna is polite in her opinion, giving the video the option of promoting the XO laptop as a way to end youth violence, gang warfare, and human trafficking I am of a much stronger position:
OLPC: What the hell are you thinking?!!
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