Lying about your age? This AI will see right through it Biometric age verification is seen as the future — but there are risks in handing over detailed data on who we are feature Chris Stokel-Walker
Fingerprinting employees could cost Illinois businesses billions An Illinois court ruling illustrates the risk of creating vague regulations for evolving technology feature Caitlin Thompson
Europe cracks down on China’s abuse of extradition European courts are blocking extraditions to China, but Beijing has plenty of other tools to target dissidents living abroad feature Frankie Vetch
Texas lawmakers want to erase abortion from the internet Texas legislators take aim at online information about abortion, in what may become a new strategy for abortion opponents in a post-Roe America feature Erica Hellerstein
Nigeria’s digital vote-counting failure decimated public trust in elections Election officials promised that digitization would make for a more transparent and fair election. But it has done the opposite feature Ope Adetayo
People power pushes back 'Putin’s law' in Georgia Protests forced the Georgian government to withdraw draft legislation limiting 'foreign influence' on civil society and the media. But the retreat might only be temporary feature Will Neal
Egypt jails its critics as the economy crumbles Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s failed economic policies get global attention, but his human rights record escapes similar scrutiny feature Rayan El Amine
Europe’s borders are a surveillance testing ground. The AI Act could change that With the EU AI Act, tech companies and border enforcement agencies could be held accountable for the first time q&a Isobel Cockerell
The occupational hazards of cleaning the internet A new lawsuit against tech giant Reddit underscores the global struggle of content moderators feature Erica Hellerstein
Legal Tools Nigeria plunges into a cash crisis on the eve of presidential elections Lengthy queues outside Nigerian banks and mounting anger has made the country’s cash crisis a hot button issue feature Ope Adetayo
Forget milk and eggs: Supermarkets are having a fire sale on data about you When you use supermarket discount cards, you are sharing much more than what is in your cart — and grocery chains like Kroger are reaping huge profits selling this data to brands and advertisers feature Jon Keegan
Is Russia’s anti-war movement changing people’s minds? Russia’s Green Ribbon activists persevere online, despite the real-life risks of resistance feature Colleen Wood
In a cashless society, banking and tech elites control everything A world without paper money should worry us, says author Brett Scott q&a Isobel Cockerell
Watching the streets of Medellín The surveillance cameras of Colombia’s police are no match for the hundreds of “eyes” employed by street gangs essay Juan David Restrepo Ortiz
Social Media Be real or be stalked? Privacy pitfalls of Gen-Z’s favorite app The photo-sharing app’s location settings put a new twist on age-old privacy problems feature Isobel Cockerell
