Technology The hidden marketing machine behind Brazil’s food delivery giant How iFood used social media to undermine workers’ labor organizing efforts feature Clarissa Levy
Technology Online harassment is on the rise — and Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover isn’t helping How are women and LGBTQ people confronting online abuse? Tips from the field explainer Mariam Kiparoidze
Technology Fleeing Russian bombs while battling Facebook. A Meta problem Ukrainian journalists did not need Facebook says it’s fighting disinformation and blocking Russian propaganda. But independent newsrooms in eastern Ukraine say they’re being restricted under the same rules. feature Natalia Antelava
Technology Outside the US, Elon Musk’s vision of a rules-free Twitter is expected to unlock violence and civil strife Musk’s free speech absolutism could stoke conflict in countries like India and Ethiopia feature Ellery Roberts Biddle
Technology How Silicon Valley is helping Putin and other tyrants win the information war As state-backed accounts fight for our attention, Facebook pages of independent media outlets are disappearing feature Natalia Antelava
Technology Belarusians are using Telegram – and their own printers – to deliver the news Volunteers are working to spread real news, under a government dedicated to keeping it hidden feature Katie Marie Davies
Technology Russians face grim options on social media Censorship on VKontakte leaves Russians with few ways of accessing information counter to the Kremlin’s narratives feature Masho Lomashvili and Caitlin Thompson
Technology Biolabs, QAnon, and Putin: visualizing digital authoritarianism's next move Marc Owen Jones navigates the murky waters of deceptive influence campaigns q&a Isobel Cockerell
Technology Millennial authoritarianism rises in Brazil as Bolsonaro takes on TikTok With his poll numbers falling, President Jair Bolsonaro tries to overhaul the social media strategy that brought him to power feature Fernanda Seavon
Technology Taking out the 'trash streamers' Filled with drunkenness, violence and even murder, an outrageous phenomenon has dominated Russia’s underground internet for almost a decade — but now the authorities are trying to put an end to it feature Felix Light
Technology Pro-government ‘fact checkers’ are vilifying Pakistani journalists An army of online volunteers has come to the aid of Prime Minister Imran Khan, lambasting reporters and picking apart stories that criticize the government feature Ramsha Jahangir
Technology The fake social media accounts amplifying Chinese propaganda A new investigation reveals an extraordinarily high level of engagement by Chinese diplomats using social media brief Ramsha Jahangir
Technology Tunisian police are using drones and Facebook to doxx LGBTQ protesters Law enforcement unions have leveraged technology to harass minorities and discredit demonstrations demanding economic and social reform feature Francesca Ebel
Technology The Kremlin’s digital campaign against Alexey Navalny is cranking up pressure Russia’s internet censorship agency is leading the charge on silencing Navalny supporters brief Katia Patin
Technology Fake Covid-19 vaccination certificates for sale on Russian Telegram With low Covid-19 vaccination rates, Russians are buying counterfeit vaccination documents over concerns about Sputnik V. brief Katia Patin and Tatiana Torocheshnikova
