Letter from Delhi: Indians rue a government that snoops but doesn’t listen As Independence Day nears, the scale of India’s NSO spyware scandal reveals an unprecedented and potentially unlawful assault on individual liberty and personal privacy essay Aman Sethi
‘People say that if you want a smart city, you’ve got to give up privacy. The hell you do’ Ann Cavoukian explains why invasive surveillance shouldn’t be the norm in modern and sustainable urban environments q&a Caitlin Thompson
Letter from London: Ransomware is wreaking havoc in Hackney A cyber-attack on a cash-strapped local council has brought public services to their knees essay Burhan Wazir
In Cuba, a geriatric government switches off a wave of youthful infoactivism More protests are poised to test the Cuban regime’s ability to clamp down on the country’s digital spaces and retain its grip on power q&a Erica Hellerstein
Greece aims long-range sound cannons at migrants across its border A new generation of audio weapons makes the latest offensive in a decades-long war of sound feature Isobel Cockerell
Legal Tools Russia’s Telegram crackdown is putting obstacles in the path of investigative journalists Bellingcat’s Christo Grozev explains why the Kremlin wants to block access to personal data on the popular messaging app q&a Alexandra Tyan
Surveillance Governments around the world used Pegasus spyware to target journalists and activists. What do we do about it? David Kaye, former U.N. special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion and expression, explains why military grade spyware needs regulation q&a Caitlin Thompson
The hacker who spent a year reclaiming his face from Clearview AI Matthias Marx has spearheaded an international campaign to place more controls on facial recognition technology q&a Isobel Cockerell
Will Congress actually ban facial recognition? There are no federal laws regulating the use of facial recognition by police. That might be about to change explainer Caitlin Thompson
Between the US and Mexico, a corridor of surveillance becomes lethal Immigrants, asylum seekers, and criminal gangs are all caught up in the Biden Administration's deadly surveillance dragnet feature Erica Hellerstein
Legal Tools Cuba darkens its internet during biggest protests in decades Cuba follows the new authoritarian handbook in imposing internet blackouts during anti-government demonstrations brief Burhan Wazir
How much does your car know about you — and who else can get their hands on your data? A cybersecurity expert tells us what can happen to the vast amount of personal information collected by new vehicles q&a Mariam Kiparoidze
Government watchdog finds little oversight over the use of facial recognition technology by US agencies 20 U.S. agencies are using facial recognition with a near-total lack of accountability about how the systems are deployed brief Erica Hellerstein
The murky Chinese surveillance company at the center of a UK health ministry scandal The UK’s Department of Health and around 65% of local authorities use cameras made by Hikvision, a Chinese company linked to human rights abuses in Xinjiang explainer Isobel Cockerell
Police surveillance technology in India reinforces caste prejudice A team of lawyers and activists say that the introduction of surveillance tools to the criminal justice system amplifies its bias q&a Mariam Kiparoidze