Kazakhstan ramps up control of the internet ahead of elections The launch of new online security measures has raised fears among opposition and digital rights groups brief Mariam Kiparoidze
Coming soon: Turkmenistan’s government-backed email and messaging app The launch could tighten the government’s grip on digital spaces in a country where popular social media platforms are already banned brief Mariam Kiparoidze
Saudi Arabia ramps up surveillance at holiest sites A new government app threatens Mecca's undocumented residents dispatch Rabiya Jaffery
Proposal to install spyware in university libraries to protect copyrights shocks academics The hypothetical plan to combat digital piracy called for the use of software to monitor those accessing academic material brief Gautama Mehta
Software snoops on students during exams A new report on the use of surveillance software in remote exam taking raises concerns of bias and privacy infringement brief Rachel Sherman
Ahead by a nose: Covid sniffing dogs prevent surveillance overreach A UK security company says it’s ditching some surveillance tech in favor of specially-trained dogs who can detect the coronavirus brief Isobel Cockerell
Legal backlash and user hacks compromise India’s Covid-19 app A high court has ruled that individuals do not have to download the contact tracing platform to access public services, while some who have just turn it off brief Mariam Kiparoidze
Ukraine's controversial cybersecurity deal with Huawei From the U.S. to Europe, the Chinese telecoms giant is facing sanctions and suspicion — but Kyiv is playing a different game brief Katia Patin
Pakistan's Tinder ban signals coming showdowns with YouTube and Twitter Pakistan pushes Silicon Valley for more censorship dispatch Ramsha Jahangir
Disinformation from China floods Taiwan’s most popular messaging app A messaging tool called Line has been used to spread false information about Covid-19 and downplay reports of human rights abuses in China dispatch Nithin Coca
Is TikTok’s free-speech honeymoon over in Russia? The video-sharing platform has been a safe haven for activists and outspoken young people, but now that is changing dispatch Natalia Zamorskaya and Katia Patin
