Digital Authoritarianism

The deputy director of a liberal project at Yale Law School was put on leave over allegations that she is linked to Samidoun, a group the U.S. government has said funds terrorists.

Before Omar leaves home in the morning, he carefully uninstalls the apps on his phone one by one - no WhatsApp, no Facebook, no Grindr.

Both. Yes, authoritarians have co-opted tech. But the story is far from over.

As Big Tech's data and profit extraction extends the world over, activists in the Global South are pointing the way to a more just digital future.

The military junta is introducing Southeast Asia to the Chinese model of state surveillance and information control.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) has contracted with private data brokers to get around some areas’ sanctuary laws, documents show

Seemingly acting on social media calls, the Turkish government cracks down on the secular lifestyle, experts warn.

Como is one of the most advanced cities in Italy in the use of facial recognition technology (FRT).

Con il decreto legge Capienze entra in vigore lo stop fino la 2023 per la videosorveglianza biometrica, ma non per la pubblica amministrazione e la magistratura. Un compromesso che fa discutere le associazioni a tutela della privacy

Nel budget 2022 la seconda agenzia più finanziata dalla Commissione europea è Eu-lisa, che sta costruendo un maxi database biometrico per controllare i confini dell'Unione europea

The covid tech that is intimately tied to China’s surveillance state Heat-sensing cameras and face recognition systems may help fight covid-19—but they also make us complicit in the high-tech oppression of Uyghurs.

The war on terror supercharged state power

The G20 summit is being hosted in the least suitable place in the world to host such events. In and of itself, the organization of these summits involves violent acts against the citizens.

The country’s cyber forces have raked in billions of dollars for the regime by pulling off schemes ranging from A.T.M. heists to cryptocurrency thefts. Can they be stopped?

An avalanche of disinformation, misinformation and dangerous rumours has circulated on new platforms and mediums since the coup, and the junta’s internet restrictions have only stoked the fires of falsehood.

Human rights activists inside and outside Myanmar have expressed alarm at a cybersecurity law that the new military junta is seeking to pass as its first piece of legislation.

As the military took power, internet access was restricted in many parts of the country, but how was it done?

I wasn't proud of it, and neither were my coworkers. But that's life in today's China.

Internet access remained blocked Monday in several districts of a state bordering India’s capital following violent weekend clashes between police and farmers protesting controversial agricultural reforms.

UPDATE: Facebook has joined YouTube and TikTok to appoint a legal entity in Turkey to comply with Turkish draconian social media law. Twitter, Periscope, and Pinterest stayed strong against the

After countrywide protests and pandemic lockdowns, Iranian Instagram has taken a decidedly political turn. The authorities are taking note.

Special rapporteur on racism and xenophobia believes there is a misconception that biosurveillance technology is without bias

“We’re now approaching the technological threshold where the little guys can do it to the big guys,” one researcher said.

In this article, I’m going to discuss various ways in which people can protect themselves from hostile surveillance. The first thing to understand here is that hostile surveillance isn’t in and of …

Something terrible is happening in Xinjiang.