Legal Tools 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
Surveillance Russian rideshare app Yandex.Taxi shares user data with police A police officer on trial for framing investigative reporter Ivan Golunov revealed he learned the journalist’s address by requesting his ride history from an app co-owned by Uber dispatch Gautama Mehta
Surveillance Gunshot detection technology raises concerns of bias and inaccuracy A controversial gunshot detection system used by police departments in over 100 U.S. cities raises questions about how technology is deployed by law enforcement dispatch Prince Shakur
Legal Tools 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
Legal Tools US sanctions block Iranians from accessing coronavirus map As coronavirus spreads in Iran, US sanctions bar Iranians from using a Johns Hopkins map to track the virus feature Isobel Cockerell
Surveillance Surveillance and security in Delhi’s schools In a bid to boost classroom discipline, Delhi is installing 150,000 cameras in government-run schools across the city dispatch Megha Bahree
Surveillance Pakistan launches nationwide web-monitoring system — Coda Follows Up follow-up Inge Snip
Surveillance How China spies on Uyghurs in Turkey WhatsApp and WeChat are used to intimidate and surveil Uyghurs feature John Beck
Surveillance A school communication app gamifies the classroom Parents says the popular app ClassDojo raises fears about teacher bias feature Africa Jackson
Social Media Xinjiang's TikTok wipes away evidence of Uyghur persecution — Coda Follows Up follow-up Isobel Cockerell
Surveillance The Londoners using face paint to trick facial recognition A group of Londoners defy security cameras by walking through the city in surreal face paint dispatch Isobel Cockerell
Social Media Instagram shuts down Iranian accounts after Soleimani's death News agencies, human rights activists and influencers have had their accounts deactivated. Isobel Cockerell
Legal Tools 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
