Belarusian hackers on what it means to be a 'Cyberpartisan' The group is behind the opening salvo of politically motivated ransomware attacks q&a Glenn Kates
Kazakhstan shut down its internet. These programmers opened a backdoor The internet blackout fueled fear, panic and even deaths. Thousands of people in Kazakhstan were able to get online thanks to a crusading band of expat technologists. feature Katia Patin
Millennial authoritarianism rises in Brazil as Bolsonaro takes on TikTok With his poll numbers falling, President Jair Bolsonaro tries to overhaul the social media strategy that brought him to power feature Fernanda Seavon
Five Coda stories you definitely should not miss Here are some of the stories we did this year that deserve your attention if you'd like to understand the world of authoritarian technology and disinformation roundup Mariam Kiparoidze
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
