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A new report says the tools have troubling implications for human rights. | Continue reading
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A disastrous privacy policy rollout has Indian consumers up in arms. | Continue reading
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With GitHub in the crosshairs of Chinese censors, Beijing is backing Gitee as its official hub, an open-source institution tailored for a closed internet. | Continue reading
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How India’s new restrictions on digital media will be used to limit free speech | Continue reading
Vicente Zavarce, who started Yummy, bet big on his home country — and won. | Continue reading
Tuvalu’s domain name could be the path to its economic future. | Continue reading
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Facing a nationalist backlash, Chinese phone maker Xiaomi has rebranded itself as a local manufacturer in India. | Continue reading
A protest movement against deliberately slow internet is galvanizing a remote region of Pakistan. | Continue reading
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Ongoing tensions over the rare earth metal are shaping the future of China and Brazil. | Continue reading
China’s tightening control over its internet is narrowing the divide between online and offline identity. | Continue reading
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Coupang wanted to make e-commerce more ethical. But as demand spiked during the pandemic, the company’s workers suffered. | Continue reading
For years, the platform was a space for selfies and free expression. Now, it’s driving political change. | Continue reading
The same data that tells advertisers you have been shopping for a couch is being used in Colombia to track Covid-19. | Continue reading
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It’s an ominous shift for China’s only forum for public discussion. | Continue reading
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How a raucous internet forum became the rudder steering the Hong Kong protests | Continue reading
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As Cuba sluggishly got its population online, the shadow internet developed by volunteers provided a lifeline for thousands of people. | Continue reading
Audrey Tang, who has a radical vision for the country, says there’s a high-stakes balancing act between mass digital surveillance and good governance. | Continue reading
How David Vélez built an “anti-bank” in Brazil that now has a $10-billion valuation. | Continue reading
With the threat of another big internet blackout looming, companies are creating workarounds for Iranians using satellite dishes as conduits for the web. | Continue reading
Indian authorities had to manage 250 million festivalgoers. So they built a high-tech surveillance ministate. | Continue reading