Authoritarian Tech

Election myths, vaccine conspiracies, and hate speech: How extremism quietly flourishes on YouTube

21 Jun

Facing a deluge of bot attacks and takedowns, Iranian feminists and political protesters say Instagram is silencing them

14 Jun

From Brazil to Texas, politicians are trying to throw out platforms’ ability to moderate content

7 Jun

Social media companies are facing pressure to start archiving war crimes evidence. How will that work?

24 May

Local governments are weakening facial recognition bans

17 May

Reversing Roe in the digital age

10 May

A Russian user looks inside TikTok’s propaganda-filled digital bubble

3 May

The global dangers of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

26 Apr

Duterte vetos surveillance law in the Philippines, protects his troll farms

19 Apr

A cautionary tale on mass data collection, from Afghanistan

12 Apr

How to document war crimes in the digital age

5 Apr

Authoritarians love smart cities. Russia is no exception

29 Mar

The real price of the free facial recognition tech for Ukraine

22 Mar

How western companies are enabling Russian censors

15 Mar

Putin’s war in Ukraine shatters Silicon Valley’s neutrality myth

8 Mar