Can the decentralized web help to protect human rights? In an age of internet shutdowns, takedown requests and deepfakes, the race is on to create a resilient and verifiable archive for the work of campaigners and citizen journalists q&a Caitlin Thompson
‘These ID cards have so much power.’ Meet the teen gymnasts fighting for an official identity If this gymnastics team wins their citizenship case, they can help millions of stateless Pakistanis get digital identification cards video Katia Patin
Marooned: Karachi’s stateless fishermen Ethnic minority groups in Pakistan have long lived in legal limbo without ID cards dispatch Alizeh Kohari
A photographer and artist walk into a fake news factory In the Book of Veles, Jonas Bendiksen's controversial new photobook, the joke is on us q&a Katia Patin
Future Wake: the AI art project that predicts police violence Winner of the Mozilla Creative Media award for 2021, an interactive website calculates when and where fatal encounters with law enforcement will occur — and tells the stories of the victims q&a Caitlin Thompson
It’s not too late to regulate deepfakes A legal expert makes the case for international regulation of social media companies and sites hosting manipulated videos q&a Marta Biino
Who's homeless enough for housing? In San Francisco, an algorithm decides Replacing human decision making with a computerized scoring system is hurting California's most vulnerable residents feature Caitlin Thompson
Secret radio stations, V2 rockets, offshore tax havens: the photographic explorations of Lewis Bush From traditional camera work to material sourced from military archives and Google Maps, these images perfectly illustrate our strange new reality feature Dave Stelfox
Letter from London: Ransomware is wreaking havoc in Hackney A cyber-attack on a cash-strapped local council has brought public services to their knees essay Burhan Wazir
Greece aims long-range sound cannons at migrants across its border A new generation of audio weapons makes the latest offensive in a decades-long war of sound feature Isobel Cockerell
Will Congress actually ban facial recognition? There are no federal laws regulating the use of facial recognition by police. That might be about to change explainer Caitlin Thompson
How much does your car know about you — and who else can get their hands on your data? A cybersecurity expert tells us what can happen to the vast amount of personal information collected by new vehicles q&a Mariam Kiparoidze
The devastating toll of South Korea’s digital sex crime epidemic From hidden spy cameras to revenge porn, South Korean women are being targeted by sex criminals and face steep barriers to justice brief Erica Hellerstein
How changing a 26-word US internet law could impact online expression everywhere The landmark U.S. internet law shields social media companies from legal liability for the content its users post. Politicians on both sides of the aisle are threatening to change it, which could damage digital speech globally feature Erica Hellerstein
Former Xinjiang police officer describes torture in Uyghur detention centers Testimony given at a London tribunal details the tracking, detention and abuse of ethnic minorities in northwest China dispatch Isobel Cockerell
