Using web data for a better tomorrow
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Bright Data runs the Bright Initiative providing automated data collection tools to 148 partner organizations (90+ academic institutions) and claims concrete results: a March 2020 scan finds ~15–17% global device prevalence with SPO2 sensors enabling remote COVID screening; Find A Shot aggregates appointments from ~20,000 locations in real time; anti‑trafficking work scans ads and profiles and feeds data through AI/NLP to surface networks; an Israeli child‑safety project identifies triggers and helps remove several hundred at‑risk teens from abusive homes.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:30About Bright Data
- 2:47The Bride Initiative
- 4:22Partners
- 5:40How did it start
- 9:05FindAShot
- 11:33Human Trafficking Initiative
- 14:00Elen
- 17:09Bright Data
- 21:45Asaf
- 28:25Chat
- 30:25Data formats
- 31:50Regulation
- 36:30Data collection
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