Social Media Elon Musk vs The Defender of Democracy How far must we go in the fight against the far-right? Elon Musk’s trials in Brazil raise crucial questions explainer Nishita Jha
Surveillance Guide to Pavel Durov The Tech Mogul Under French Investigation and the Global Implications of His Unregulated Empire explainer Nishita Jha
Stay on the story YouTube slows down in Russia Amid News of Ukrainian Offensive By forcing Russian YouTubers to Russian platforms, state agencies gain control over their content and control the trickle-down of news on the Russian internet q&a Marina Bocharova
Legal Tools How an EU-funded agency is working to keep migrants from reaching Europe The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is arming countries along European borders with surveillance tech and training to keep migrants out of Europe feature Zach Campbell and Lorenzo D'Agostino
Disinformation Georgia at the crossroads: Why the country's mass protests matter far beyond its borders Watch an online conversation with historians, journalists and activists about the current crisis in Georgia. video Coda Story
Surveillance In Russia, the ‘worst is happening in the present’ Amidst opposition despair, Putin engineers his re-election dispatch Marina Bocharova
Social Media How tech design is always political Social media companies have made many mistakes over the past 15 years. What if they’re repeated in the so-called AI revolution? newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Social Media How Big Tech let down Navalny Silicon Valley was meant to be a boon to the Russian opposition, helping spread democratic ideas. Until the platforms bowed before a Kremlin crackdown Ellery Roberts Biddle
Social Media Taiwan confronts China's disinformation behemoth ahead of vote China is using disinformation and propaganda to try to influence Taiwan’s election. A scrappy coalition of civil society organizations are fighting back feature Brian Hioe
Surveillance 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
Legal Tools Year in review: Digitization and the apparatus of control How has technology affected migration, surveillance and labor? A roundup of Coda’s top tech stories from 2023. roundup Ellery Roberts Biddle
Surveillance 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
Surveillance When deepfakes go nuclear Governments already use fake data to confuse their enemies. What if they start doing this in the nuclear realm? feature Sarah Scoles
Surveillance 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
Surveillance 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
