Are we really living in the age of a “cyber arms race” and an “information Iron Curtain?” newsletter Katia Patin
Influential US scientist under fire for Xinjiang links Calls for Michigan State University to review its research activities in China after a leading computer scientist gave a keynote speech at the country’s largest biometrics conference dispatch Charles Rollet
Pentagon piloting swarms of surveillance balloons; Thiel upset with Google; and China’s social credit system The U.S. is testing a balloon mass-surveillance system. If it works, it may be deployed across the country newsletter Eduard Saakashvili
Western Academia Helps Build China’s Automated Racism Researchers in China are developing new and more invasive techniques to surveil Uyghurs. Some of their work is being supported by academia in the West feature Charles Rollet
The war for truth in Myanmar’s cyberspace A decade ago in Myanmar, a SIM card could cost as much as $2,000. Facebook now has 18 million local users and is a parallel space for the conflict in Rakhine State dispatch Kayleigh Long
Silicon Valley’s scramble for China Western technology companies have played a pivotal role in building China’s authoritarian smart cities dispatch Nafeez Ahmed
China’s Digital Wall Around Tibet For decades, Tibetans crossed the Himalayas to seek refuge in Nepal. Now, a digital wall has cut them off from the world dispatch Nithin Coca
South Park Trolls; YouTube's "Trump sends note to Ginsburg;" And QAnon, Pizzagate & Whatsapp Murder Inge Snip
