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
The Fight for Transparency in Ghana After two decades of delays, Ghana’s new Right to Information bill was passed last week. It was supposed to open the country’s institutions and empower investigative reporters in the fight against corruption, but it may have the opposite effect dispatch Kofi Yeboah
Cambodia’s Internet crackdown reaches its activist monks For years, a group of Cambodian monks has used platforms like Facebook to expose daily injustices. An online crackdown is now putting them at risk feature Trudy Harris
