Newsletters With elections looming, Modi and Erdogan are going after fake news Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. Also in this edition: Erdogan targets media workers and Peruvian social media protesters get called “terrorists.” newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Twitter falters in Turkey, Pakistan blocks Wikipedia, and Tibetans stare down a new cyberlaw Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. Also in this edition, we look at cyberlaw in Tibet and Pakistan’s Wikipedia ban newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Hong Kongers fear a great firewall, TikTokers arrested in Egypt, spyware in Central America Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. This week, we look at censorship in Hong Kong, TikTok prison parodies in Egypt and the scourge of spyware in Central America newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters ‘Small boat’ photos could be censored in the UK, Google’s abortion data problem, the low wage workers behind AI Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. This week, we look at digital privacy and abortion in post-Roe America, UK efforts to censor “small boats” from social media and the real people behind AI newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters AI advances shock and awe regulators, Saudi Arabia jails Wikipedia editors, Myanmar’s spyware deal Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. This week, we look at the challenges of regulating AI, the Saudi government’s attack on Wikipedia editors and a new piece in Myanmar’s mobile surveillance puzzle newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Bolsonaristas riot, Meta blocks ‘dangerous’ dead people, sedition laws silence Hong Kongers Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. This week, we look at the digital origins of Brazil’s insurrection, sedition in Hong Kong, and Facebook’s myopic approach to censorship newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Facebook’s fatal failures in Ethiopia, terrorism on YouTube and the not-so-new problem of toxic Twitter Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. We’re closing out 2022 with a look at Big Tech on trial and meditations on what is and isn’t new about Musk’s Twitter newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Twitter’s war on bots cuts off users, Indonesia criminalizes online dissent, and US bill could block TikTok Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. In this edition, we look at Indonesia’s new criminal code, and lawmakers’ latest efforts to kick TikTok out of the U.S. Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Russian tech giant Yandex erases damaged Ukrainian buildings from maps; Iranian regime thrives on Telegram Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. In this edition, we get a first-hand look at how Telegram is taking sides with the Iranian regime newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Chinese protesters back Iranian women, Ethiopia hosts internet meet while keeping the internet off, and NSO’s legal woes Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. In this edition: Protests break out across China and Israel’s leading spyware maker may face trial in the U.S. Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Apple bows to Beijing, again; Turkey blocks social media after Istanbul blast; more Musk mayhem at Twitter newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Greece bans spyware, Belarus ramps up web surveillance, and Twitter deepens its Saudi ties Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. Also in this edition: Greece bans spyware, Belarus ramps up web surveillance, and Twitter deepens its Saudi ties newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters Hate speech spikes on Musk’s watch; another internet blackout in Myanmar; Egypt’s paranoia on show at COP27 Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. Also in this edition: How Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover will affect vulnerable users; Myanmar’s latest internet shutdown newsletter Ellery Roberts Biddle
Newsletters With runoff election fast approaching, Big Tech failures in Brazil leave voters awash in disinformation Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. Also in this edition: Saudi sentences a US citizen to 16 years in prison over critical tweets and Texas schools roll out grisly new student DNA collection program newsletter Erica Hellerstein
Newsletters Repressive regimes around the world are nationalizing the internet and isolating people Authoritarian Tech is a weekly newsletter tracking how people in power are abusing technology and what it means for the rest of us. Also in this edition: A stunning hack exposes how the Mexican military is spying on feminists and Oakland police eye killer robots newsletter Liam Scott
