Marseille’s fight against AI surveillance The southern French city, once synonymous with urban crime, now encapsulates the spread of AI surveillance driven by Chinese companies dispatch Morgan Meaker
In Yemen, the internet is a key front in the conflict Price hikes and slow broadband speeds have cut off many Yemenis from a world beyond the war dispatch Casey Coombs
Germany to force social media companies to report hate speech to police After a surge in far-right violence, a new law aims to hold digital platforms to account and bring extremists to justice dispatch Cecilia Butini
A school communication app gamifies the classroom Parents says the popular app ClassDojo raises fears about teacher bias feature Africa Jackson
Xinjiang's TikTok wipes away evidence of Uyghur persecution — Coda Follows Up follow-up Isobel Cockerell
Instagram shuts down Iranian accounts after Soleimani's death News agencies, human rights activists and influencers have had their accounts deactivated. Isobel Cockerell
As internet blackouts hit India, business and tech wrestle with the fallout Businesses and informal economies have all been hard hit by India’s latest internet shutdowns. feature Isobel Cockerell
North Korean refugees are at the center of massive data leak North Korean refugees feel terrorized by Kim Jong-un’s hacker army dispatch Chaewon Chung
How anti-vaxxers get around Instagram's new hashtag controls Anti-vax users are hijacking sexual assault and abortion rights hashtags to spread their message dispatch Isobel Cockerell
My trip to Brussels made me think about the gig economy and the early industrial age newsletter Inge Snip