How surveillance tech helped protect power — and the drug trade — in Honduras Our investigation of how big-name monitoring software from Israel and the US made Honduras a hotbed of spy tech feature Anna-Catherine Brigida
What a law designed to protect the internet has to do with abortion A Supreme Court ruling on Section 230 could limit online access to abortion information explainer Erica Hellerstein
For Italy's right wing, cash is still king Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wants Italians to keep using cash. As the EU moves toward a cashless future, she’s become an unlikely ally for small businesses and privacy advocates feature Isobel Cockerell
UK supermarket uses facial recognition tech to track shoppers Biometric cameras scan faces and add shoppers to a secret watchlist of suspects, holding their data for years feature Frankie Vetch
'Undercurrents: Tech, Tyrants and Us,' a new podcast series In partnership with Audible, Coda presents eight stories from around the world of people caught up in the struggle between tech, democracy and dictatorship podcast Coda Staff
The machine is inside you Implanted body technologies are reaching the point of ‘uberveillance’ where Big Brother is on the inside looking out q&a Caitlin Thompson
Can the world’s de facto tech regulator really rein in AI? AI software is advancing much faster than the law. The European Union is working to catch up feature Chris Stokel-Walker
The year in authoritarian tech trends A round-up of Coda’s top authoritarian tech stories that were stranger than fiction, from actual killer robots to the post-Roe abortion surveillance dragnet roundup Erica Hellerstein
The year in cross-border repression campaigns Regimes are becoming bolder in targeting dissidents abroad. Here are some of the worst cases from 2022 roundup Frankie Vetch
In South Korea, women are fighting to end digital sex crimes Amid South Korea's culture of surveillance, students, lawyers and bathroom inspectors are working to eradicate spy cameras feature Kenneth R. Rosen
Democrats want to prevent attacks on dissidents living in the US A new congressional bill would penalize foreign regimes for targeting dissidents in the U.S., but partisanship and geopolitics risk getting in the way Frankie Vetch
Killer robots have arrived to Ukrainian battlefields A new generation of autonomous machines is appearing in Ukraine. They augur a new military era, offering capabilities that far outstrip current weapons feature Ilya Gridneff
China is gaining control of the world’s data as the US stands by Global data trafficking presents security risks that most countries are not prepared to handle, Aynne Kokas argues in her new book q&a Liam Scott
Mandatory SIM card registration forces users to surrender personal data The Philippines joins a long list of countries requiring mobile users to register their SIM cards. But the digital breadcrumbs SIM cards create can pose risks for people in the physical world. feature Chris Stokel-Walker
As anxiety about crime peaks, US cities look to surveillance tech. But does it actually work? From San Francisco to New York, even progressive enclaves are turning to authoritarian tech to appear tough on crime feature Erica Hellerstein
