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
The global rise of Internet sovereignty China and Russia want the global internet to look more like theirs. Some argue they are beginning to succeed essay Eduard Saakashvili
Tourism from China provokes an Internet crackdown in Thailand Tourism from China has become a key sector of Thailand’s economy. But China’s dominance also means Thai authorities have cracked down on any negative publicity which might aggravate Beijing feature Nithin Coca
As Concerns Over Technology Increase, a New Book Reminds Us the Internet is Made Up of Human Beings review Eduard Saakashvili
Zimbabwe Drifts Towards Online Darkness Ordinary Zimbabweans face a new era of repression from surveillance systems created in China and Japan feature Ray Mwareya
Fresh News and the Future of the Fourth Estate in Cambodia In the Cambodian government's ongoing war on the media, a website called Fresh News has become one of the country’s most useful sources of political misinformation and propaganda feature Andrew Nachemson
Warnings to Journalists Blur Twitter’s Transparency in Pakistan Scores of prominent Pakistani journalists and activists have received email warnings from Twitter informing them their tweets are in violation of Pakistan’s laws. The consequences for press freedoms could be dire feature Umer Ali
