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Surveillance and Control
I’m a neurology ICU nurse. The creep of AI in our hospitals terrifies me
Michael Kennedy and Isobel Cockerell
12 Nov, 2024
Disinformation
I’m protesting Georgia’s ‘Russian law.’ The police beat me up mercilessly
Luka Gviniashvili and Isobel Cockerell
15 May, 2024
Surveillance and Control
For migrants under 24/7 surveillance, the UK feels like ‘an outside prison’
Isobel Cockerell
13 Sep, 2023
Authoritarian Technology
Escaping China with a spoon and a rusty nail
Hashim Mohammed and Isobel Cockerell
5 Jun, 2023
Authoritarian Technology
Escape from Shanghai: my harrowing flight from the world’s strictest lockdown
Anonymous and Isobel Cockerell
28 Apr, 2022
Surveillance and Control
I disguised myself as a Covid ICU doctor to care for my grandmother. Now, the Russian government is after me
Sergey Samborsky and Katia Patin
9 Dec, 2021
Surveillance and Control
I was 19 years old and working at a nightclub — then I got caught up in a government phone-hacking scandal
Makuna Berkatsashvili
27 Oct, 2021
Disinformation
Confessions of a (former) Russian state TV reporter
Ilya Kizirov
25 Apr, 2017