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Examining how people in power abuse technology — and what it means for all of us
With elections looming, Modi and Erdogan are going after fake news
16 Feb, 2023
Twitter falters in Turkey, Pakistan blocks Wikipedia, and Tibetans stare down a new cyberlaw
9 Feb, 2023
Hong Kongers fear a great firewall, TikTokers arrested in Egypt, spyware in Central America
2 Feb, 2023
‘Small boat’ photos could be censored in the UK, Google’s abortion data problem, the low wage workers behind AI
26 Jan, 2023
AI advances shock and awe regulators, Saudi Arabia jails Wikipedia editors, Myanmar’s spyware deal
19 Jan, 2023
Bolsonaristas riot, Meta blocks ‘dangerous’ dead people, sedition laws silence Hong Kongers
12 Jan, 2023
Facebook’s fatal failures in Ethiopia, terrorism on YouTube and the not-so-new problem of toxic Twitter
22 Dec, 2022
Twitter’s war on bots cuts off users, Indonesia criminalizes online dissent, and US bill could block TikTok
15 Dec, 2022
Russian tech giant Yandex erases damaged Ukrainian buildings from maps; Iranian regime thrives on Telegram
8 Dec, 2022
Chinese protesters back Iranian women, Ethiopia hosts internet meet while keeping the internet off, and NSO’s legal woes
1 Dec, 2022
Apple bows to Beijing, again; Turkey blocks social media after Istanbul blast; more Musk mayhem at Twitter
17 Nov, 2022
Greece bans spyware, Belarus ramps up web surveillance, and Twitter deepens its Saudi ties
10 Nov, 2022
Hate speech spikes on Musk’s watch; another internet blackout in Myanmar; Egypt’s paranoia on show at COP27
3 Nov, 2022
With runoff election fast approaching, Big Tech failures in Brazil leave voters awash in disinformation
25 Oct, 2022
Repressive regimes around the world are nationalizing the internet and isolating people
18 Oct, 2022