How San Francisco police surveillance closed in on Black Lives Matter protests Activists and privacy advocates say police use of indiscriminate monitoring erodes fundamental freedoms dispatch Caitlin Thompson
Life in India's digital dystopia Hyderabad’s IT industry brought jobs and growth to the city. Critics now say the same technology is being used to watch the moves of every citizen feature Varsha Bansal
Belarus’ Telegram rebels take on Europe’s last dictatorship Dozens of channels are being used to organize demonstrations and publish news that Belarusians cannot access elsewhere dispatch Glenn Kates and Katia Patin
Investors pressured to cut ties to Xinjiang Campaign groups are calling for individuals and corporations to ensure that the brands they support have no links to Beijing’s ongoing abuses of Uyghur human rights dispatch Isobel Cockerell
Egypt’s TikTok crackdown targets young female influencers A vaguely defined cybercrime bill has seen the government convict Egyptian social media stars with millions of followers feature Mat Nashed
Pro-Beijing influencers and their rose-tinted view of life in Xinjiang A network of social media personalities cast doubt on Uyghur abuses in Xinjiang feature Isobel Cockerell
Military-backed company in Myanmar seeks control of the country's internet In authoritarian countries, armed forces wield huge power over digital spaces dispatch Kayleigh Long and Burhan Wazir
Russian opposition files lawsuit against Moscow’s use of facial recognition tech follow-up Mariam Kiparoidze
Revealed: New videos expose China’s forced migration of Uyghurs during the pandemic Dozens of Chinese TikTok videos show Uyghurs being transported to work in involuntary labor schemes during the Covid-19 outbreak feature Isobel Cockerell
