Belarus’ Telegram rebels take on Europe’s last dictatorship Dozens of channels are being used to organize demonstrations and publish news that Belarusians cannot access elsewhere dispatch Glenn Kates and Katia Patin
Egypt’s TikTok crackdown targets young female influencers A vaguely defined cybercrime bill has seen the government convict Egyptian social media stars with millions of followers feature Mat Nashed
Pro-Beijing influencers and their rose-tinted view of life in Xinjiang A network of social media personalities cast doubt on Uyghur abuses in Xinjiang feature Isobel Cockerell
Military-backed company in Myanmar seeks control of the country's internet In authoritarian countries, armed forces wield huge power over digital spaces dispatch Kayleigh Long and Burhan Wazir
Ethiopia’s internet shutdown is silencing migrant workers stranded in Lebanon Caught between an economic crisis and a news blackout, this vulnerable community is struggling to be heard dispatch Emily Lewis
TikTok apologizes after being accused of censoring #blacklivesmatter posts follow-up Isobel Cockerell
Russia’s Internet, already dim, gets darker Censorship and new laws block online information and stifle digital life dispatch Matej Voda
I tested the UK's coronavirus app. Here's what I found The British government is testing a tracking and tracing app on a small island off the coast of England. Its success could determine how the coronavirus pandemic is contained elsewhere dispatch Amber Beard
Lebanon’s currency is collapsing. The government’s solution? Ban exchange rate apps The nation’s economy is in freefall, but this latest move forms part of a wider pattern of online censorship dispatch Emily Lewis
Cambodian prime minister unleashes social media crackdown to seal grip on country New emergency laws allow unlimited surveillance and control of the press and social media dispatch Chaewon Chung
Tech companies must engage in the fight against extremism While the U.S. government has named the Russian Imperial Movement a ‘specially designated global terrorist,’ more needs to be done to limit the spread of hate speech on the internet essay Daniel Trilling
From mythology to machine learning, a history of artificial intelligence While AI now powers smart cities, driverless cars and home appliances, ethical concerns about the technology have existed for centuries feature Katia Patin
