Cambodian prime minister unleashes social media crackdown to seal grip on country New emergency laws allow unlimited surveillance and control of the press and social media dispatch Chaewon Chung
“I became a pariah.” Coronavirus victims’ data is leaked on social media in Pakistan Using cellphone tracking and mobile apps to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the government is surveilling millions of ordinary citizens dispatch Ramsha Jahangir
Tech companies must engage in the fight against extremism While the U.S. government has named the Russian Imperial Movement a ‘specially designated global terrorist,’ more needs to be done to limit the spread of hate speech on the internet essay Daniel Trilling
From mythology to machine learning, a history of artificial intelligence While AI now powers smart cities, driverless cars and home appliances, ethical concerns about the technology have existed for centuries feature Katia Patin
Coronavirus tests Germans’ devotion to privacy New initiatives to limit the spread of Covid-19 have sparked a debate over how far the government can go to control the pandemic dispatch Eduard Saakashvili
In Kenya, thousands left in limbo without ID cards A government program for citizens and refugees highlights the pitfalls of humanitarian biometrics dispatch Keren Weitzberg
Italy looks to tech to limit the spread of the coronavirus A national task force exploring how data from mobile phones could limit the spread of Covid-19 has sparked a debate over privacy and data protection feature Cecilia Butini
Surveillance gets the graphic novel treatment From the Bible to biometrics, a new graphic novel looks at the history of surveillance feature Burhan Wazir
Foreign workers in the Gulf can’t call home during coronavirus crisis Blocks on free online voice and video calls stop low-income migrant workers from contacting their families feature Burhan Wazir
Marseille’s fight against AI surveillance The southern French city, once synonymous with urban crime, now encapsulates the spread of AI surveillance driven by Chinese companies dispatch Morgan Meaker
China’s oppression of Xinjiang’s Uyghurs: a visual history Xinjiang’s Uyghurs are subject to a targeted campaign of surveillance and control. How did they get here? explainer Isobel Cockerell
In Yemen, the internet is a key front in the conflict Price hikes and slow broadband speeds have cut off many Yemenis from a world beyond the war dispatch Casey Coombs
Russian rideshare app Yandex.Taxi shares user data with police A police officer on trial for framing investigative reporter Ivan Golunov revealed he learned the journalist’s address by requesting his ride history from an app co-owned by Uber dispatch Gautama Mehta
Gunshot detection technology raises concerns of bias and inaccuracy A controversial gunshot detection system used by police departments in over 100 U.S. cities raises questions about how technology is deployed by law enforcement dispatch Prince Shakur
Germany to force social media companies to report hate speech to police After a surge in far-right violence, a new law aims to hold digital platforms to account and bring extremists to justice dispatch Cecilia Butini
