Technology Year in review: Digitization and the apparatus of control How has technology affected migration, surveillance and labor? A roundup of Coda’s top tech stories from 2023. roundup Ellery Roberts Biddle
Technology Indian journalists are being treated like terrorists for doing their jobs Accused of receiving Chinese funding, the founder of a digital newsroom critical of the Modi government faces terrorism charges feature Alishan Jafri
Technology For Arab dissidents, the walls are closing in The Arab League is relying on the little-known Arab Interior Ministers Council to target critics abroad. Now, a former detainee is taking them to court in the U.S. feature Frankie Vetch
Technology How an EU-funded agency is working to keep migrants from reaching Europe The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is arming countries along European borders with surveillance tech and training to keep migrants out of Europe feature Zach Campbell
Technology Senegal is stifling its democracy in the dark By shutting down the internet and jailing the opposition, the Senegalese government turns to the authoritarian playbook to suppress protests feature Ope Adetayo
Technology Migrants take the US to court over its glitchy asylum app The Biden administration’s glitchy new app is failing asylum seekers. Now, migrant’s rights groups are fighting back feature Erica Hellerstein
Technology Inside New Mexico’s struggle to protect kids from abuse A safety scoring tool was supposed to improve child welfare. But former caseworkers say it’s not helping feature Caitlin Thompson
Technology Lithuania goes after bots following spikes in pro-Russian propaganda Lithuania’s parliament is looking to criminalize automated account activity – and to hold Big Tech accountable for the same feature Amanda Coakley and Ellery Roberts Biddle
Technology Should countries build their own AIs? AI will soon touch many parts of our lives. But it doesn’t have to be controlled by big tech companies feature Chris Stokel-Walker
Technology Indian wrestlers say ‘me too’ but the BJP is not listening Olympic medalist athletes are camped out on the streets of Delhi, alleging sexual harassment by a powerful politician feature Tusha Mittal
Technology Imran Khan is fighting Pakistan's army with Twitter The arrest of the former Pakistani prime minister unleashed days of protest and has mired the country in a deep political crisis feature Ramsha Jahangir
Technology Utah’s online porn law puts teens’ digital rights at risk The law raises critical questions about young people’s rights to information and the privacy implications of checking IDs at websites’ virtual doors feature Rebekah Robinson
Technology Vietnam censors Netflix shows for 'hurting the feelings of the people' Officials say shows on the streaming service were hurtful to the nation. But does this really reflect popular opinion? essay Dien Nguyen An Luong
Technology The demolition of dissent in India Bulldozers, symbols of unchecked state power, are being celebrated in Indian popular culture. And the ‘Bulldozer Baba’ in Uttar Pradesh is becoming India’s favorite Hindu nationalist politician feature Tusha Mittal
Technology Why India’s defamation laws are hurting its democracy Rahul Gandhi, India’s most prominent opposition leader, was convicted of offending 130 million Indians with the last name Modi and expelled from parliament feature Ashish Khetan
