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India DNA tech bill seen to harm minorities and hurt privacy
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NSO's Pegasus spyware: Should surveillance market be regulated?
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Coronavirus and surveillance
In Depth
Urban humans: Cities go up, down and high-tech to combat threats
Covid-19 vaccine passports: What you need to know
Greener PPE: Inventors tackle COVID-19 plastic waste mountain
Uber, Lyft drivers strike to win labor rights for U.S. gig workers
Russia disconnected from global internet in tests - RBC daily
Pressure ups on Big Tech as Biden picks second critic for key post
EU to tighten rules on cryptoasset transfers
French prosecutor opens probe after Pegasus spyware complaint
Israeli firm's spyware used to target journalists' cell phones
Uber reaches agreement in California sexual assault data request
Facebook in talks with UK officials to tackle online racist abuse
U.S. child tax credit: Why the neediest Americans could miss out
Britain, EU must use caution in new online rules - UN
UK PM Johnson vows to tackle online racist abuse
Faced with rare protests, Cuba curbs social media access: watchdog
Cellebrite's Nasdaq plans challenged by digital rights groups
Eswatini: Internet restored in African nation amid court challenge
TikTok Sounds used to spread COVID vaccine misinformation
explainer
Racism in football: How will Facebook, Twitter stop online abuse?
Are 3D-printed schools a solution to Africa's classroom shortage?
U.S. to add Chinese companies to blacklist over Xinjiang abuses
Abu Dhabi's lightning-fast COVID-19 scanners raise privacy fears
in depth
China's gene giant harvests data from millions of women
What is driving China's clampdown on Didi and data security?
China's Wechat deletes university LGBT accounts
Indian billionaires face off in race to solar domination
explainer
On TikTok, Black creators strike to protest appropriation
Twitter loses immunity over user-generated content in India
Italian watchdog takes aim at delivery firm's gig-worker algorithm
Hong Kong told tech firms may quit if it changes privacy laws
analysis
'Racist' facial recognition sparks ethical concerns in Russia
China orders Didi app downloads suspended over data violation
Google must face Voice Assistant privacy lawsuit -U.S. judge
U.S. lawmakers say it is time to boost privacy protections around
Kenyan farmers tap apps to ride out COVID-19 and climate storm
German privacy tsar tells ministries to shut Facebook pages
factbox
Big Tech wins two battles in fight with U.S. antitrust enforcers
Google takes down maps targeting Thais accused of opposing king
EU airlines, airports warn of digital COVID certificate chaos
YouTube takes down Xinjiang videos
U.S. panel votes yes on 'break 'em up' antitrust bill
India's digital database for farmers stirs fears about privacy
AI is watching: What to know about workplace surveillance
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Agnes Callamard Amnesty International

NSO Group Spyware is the must-have tool for repressive governments

Spyware used to spy on people, what’s the big deal? Look who NSO Group’s clients are spying on – academics, lawyers, and activists. Who knows maybe even you?
Koketso Moeti Activist

How COVID-19 helped diminish online civic spaces

The COVID-19 crisis underscored the importance of online public spaces, but it also helped shut it down, criminalise dissent and diminish freedoms
Hayaatun Sillem Royal Academy of Engineering

Formula 1 has a diversity problem. Here’s how to fix it

To improve diversity in motorsport, empower young Black people to thrive in engineering careers, says a study commissioned by Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton
David Segal Demand Progress Education Fund

Facebook and the FTC: What next in the fight to break up Big Tech?

To tackle concentration in the tech sector, Congress must restrict discretion by judges and agencies that are subject to shifting political winds

In Depth

Drones to digital: Asia, Africa find ways to plug COVID health gaps
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U.S. small towns take on energy-guzzling bitcoin miners
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ANALYSIS - Viable plan or security theatre? Europe embraces digital health pass
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'COVID is a wake-up call': Black entrepreneurs aim to level playing field

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