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From biometrics to surveillance — when people in power abuse technology, the rest of us suffer. Written by Ellery Biddle.

From biometrics to surveillance — when people in power abuse technology, the rest of us suffer. Written by Ellery Biddle.

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  • Saudi’s sweeping anti-cyber crime law crushes public conversation

    20 Sep, 2022

  • Women are the primary targets of Iran’s surveillance state

    13 Sep, 2022

  • Facebook’s election content moderation failures in Brazil are a warning for US midterms

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  • China invests in US universities to build its surveillance state

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  • Echoing US, the UK government goes all in on migrant surveillance

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  • Spyware threat haunts journalists and muzzles press in Togo

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  • CCTV cameras are tools of repression in post-coup Myanmar

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  • China’s fake email onslaught ensnares human rights activist

    2 Aug, 2022

  • Uzbekistan blacks out internet to quell dissent

    26 Jul, 2022

  • Ukraine’s internet caught in the crosshairs of Russia’s war

    19 Jul, 2022

  • Roe reversal puts spotlight on Meta’s abortion content moderation policies

    12 Jul, 2022

  • Could fake news provoke violence in Kenya’s elections?

    5 Jul, 2022

  • Indian authorities force sanitation workers to wear tracking devices

    28 Jun, 2022

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

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

    14 Jun, 2022

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