Technology The year in cross-border repression campaigns Regimes are becoming bolder in targeting dissidents abroad. Here are some of the worst cases from 2022 roundup Frankie Vetch
Technology In South Korea, women are fighting to end digital sex crimes Amid South Korea's culture of surveillance, students, lawyers and bathroom inspectors are working to eradicate spy cameras feature Kenneth R. Rosen
Technology Democrats want to prevent attacks on dissidents living in the US A new congressional bill would penalize foreign regimes for targeting dissidents in the U.S., but partisanship and geopolitics risk getting in the way Frankie Vetch
Technology Killer robots have arrived to Ukrainian battlefields A new generation of autonomous machines is appearing in Ukraine. They augur a new military era, offering capabilities that far outstrip current weapons feature Ilya Gridneff
Technology As anxiety about crime peaks, US cities look to surveillance tech. But does it actually work? From San Francisco to New York, even progressive enclaves are turning to authoritarian tech to appear tough on crime feature Erica Hellerstein
Technology Indian police use facial recognition to persecute Muslims and other marginalized communities After the 2020 riots in northeast Delhi, hundreds of arrests were made on the basis of surveillance footage. But the tech is dubious and reflects the biases and prejudices of the government feature Sarita Santoshini
Technology Sovereign borders lose meaning as Turkey’s violent campaign to intimidate Kurds reaches deep inside Sweden Erdogan’s regime is using new tools to target his critics, no matter where they are in the world feature Frankie Vetch
Technology China believes mass surveillance will help it engineer the perfect society Whether it is to crush dissent or to enable ambulances to get to hospitals quicker, Chinese authorities use technology to maximize control q&a Liam Scott
Technology 'Crazy invasive technology': UK faces legal challenge for GPS tagging of migrants A controversial policy criminalizes people just looking to start their lives over, say privacy advocates brief Isobel Cockerell
Technology A mobile app is costing India’s poorest workers their wages The government has made it mandatory to register laborers on a welfare program via smartphone but weak networks and no accountability is causing frustration and anger feature Arbab Ali
Technology Government-sponsored repression launched across borders leaves democracies struggling to respond Governments reach for counterterrorism tools to stem violence from foreign adversaries operating with impunity q&a Rebekah Robinson
Technology ‘I felt like I was a prisoner’: The rapid rise of US immigration authorities’ electronic surveillance programs For many newcomers to the U.S., electronic surveillance is the only way to evade detention feature Erica Hellerstein
Technology Escape from Shanghai: my harrowing flight from the world's strictest lockdown Hidden in the back of a car under a pile of boxes, how one man escaped Shanghai's Covid surveillance system after three weeks of hunger and fear first person Anonymous and Isobel Cockerell
Technology Watch your back — and your coffee mug. Innocent-seeming objects are tracking us everywhere From Bluetooth headphones to smart coffee mugs to GPS trackers inside fake pill bottles, here are some unexpected ways we’re being monitored roundup Mariam Kiparoidze
Technology China's crackdown on Uyghurs reaches the Arctic Long a safe haven for people fleeing repression from elsewhere, Uyghurs in Norway are harassed, surveilled, and spied upon feature Isobel Cockerell
