Technology In Russia, the ‘worst is happening in the present’ Amidst opposition despair, Putin engineers his re-election dispatch Marina Bocharova
Technology A tragedy in Nigeria shows the risks of cheap drone warfare African militaries are turning to affordable Turkish and Chinese drones to fight insurgencies. But without controls, civilian deaths are inevitable feature Olatunji Olaigbe
Technology On British soil, foreign autocrats target their critics with impunity Canada and the US have criticized the Modi government in India for pursuing its critics overseas. But in the UK, where tensions between diaspora communities are rising, the government has been silent feature Peter Guest
Technology 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
Technology In India, Big Brother is watching Apple warned Indian journalists and opposition politicians last month that their phones had likely been hacked by a state-sponsored attacker. Is this more evidence of democratic backsliding? feature Alishan Jafri
Technology In Africa’s first ‘safe city,’ surveillance reigns Nairobi boasts nearly 2,000 Huawei surveillance cameras citywide. But in the nine years since they were installed, it is hard to see their benefits. feature Njeri Wangari
Technology The smart city where everybody knows your name In small-town Kazakhstan, an experiment with the “smart city” model has some residents smiling. But it also signals the start of a new mass surveillance era for the Central Asian nation. feature Bradley Jardine
Technology When AI doesn’t speak your language Better tech could do a lot of good for minority language speakers — but it could also make them easier to surveil feature Avi Ackermann
Technology Without space to detain migrants, the UK tags them The Home Office says electronically tracking asylum seekers is a humane alternative to detention. But migrants say it’s damaging their mental health dispatch Isobel Cockerell
Technology For migrants under 24/7 surveillance, the UK feels like ‘an outside prison’ He’s lived in the UK since he was a small child. But the Home Office wants to deport him — and track him wherever he goes first person Isobel Cockerell
Technology Researchers say their AI can detect sexuality. Critics say it’s dangerous Swiss psychiatrists say their AI deep learning model can tell if your brain is gay or straight. AI experts say that’s impossible feature Isobel Cockerell
Technology Israel uses Palestine as a petri dish to test spyware Journalist Antony Loewenstein discusses how Israeli surveillance tech is tested in Palestine before being exported across the world q&a Frankie Vetch
Technology Digital footprints on the dark side of Geneva Photographer Thomas Dworzak documents digital surveillance of daily life in one of Europe’s wealthiest cities photo essay Thomas Dworzak/Magnum Photos
Technology Turkey uses journalists to silence critics in exile Using the language of press freedom, Erdogan has weaponized the media to intimidate Turkish dissidents abroad feature Frankie Vetch
Technology When your body becomes the border Surveillance technology has brought U.S. immigration enforcement away from the border itself and onto the bodies of people seeking to cross it feature Erica Hellerstein
