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Online disinformation stokes tensions as Kenya elections near
Opinion
Roe V. Wade: Time for firms to end abusive data practices
Crypto finds new value in crisis zones as investors flee crash
News Package
Crypto: changing lives on the margins
In Depth
Life on the line: Deadly risks for world's food delivery drivers
Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon floods
EU seeks deal on ground-breaking rules to regulate crypto
U.S. tech industry frets about handing data to states prosecuting
Meta and other tech giants form metaverse standards body
Uber, Lyft drivers claim price-fixing in lawsuit against companies
Social media firms targeted by US states over online abuse fears
As young Africans push to be online, data cost stands in the way
Nigeria to require social media platforms to open local offices
analysis
India's new VPN rules spark fresh fears over online privacy
Sri Lankans turn to social media for help as economic crisis bites
Africa's homegrown online platforms take on Silicon Valley
Singapore's robot workforce plugs labour gaps
Africa's mobile money taxes could push poor out of digital economy
App to help blind people navigate public transit in Washington
U.S. abortion rights threat fuels jump in crypto donations
Crypto crowd dominate Davos main street despite price crash
Crypto crash leaves El Salvador with no easy exit from crisis
Performing artists push for copyright protection from AI deepfakes
Nigeria asks Facebook, other platforms to curtail hate speech
Uganda sued over digital ID system that excludes millions
EU eyes Big Tech to police child sex abuse online
E-scooters for nurses speed healthcare in Indian mining hub
Zoom urged by rights groups to rule out 'creepy' AI emotion tech
Does the crypto crash pose a threat to the financial system?
Content moderator in Kenya sues Meta over working conditions
Chatbots in U.S. justice system raise bias, privacy concerns
Gay dating app Grindr to go public in $2.1 billion deal
Pandemic tempts U.S. technology workers away from Silicon Valley
Philippine Nobel winner Ressa says Facebook 'biased against facts'
Elon Musk Twitter deal stirs fears of abuse in Asia, Middle East
Drones to data: Africans turn to healthtech
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Bitcoin: Eight places that want you to spend your virtual currency
Pakistan women fight gender norms to build online health business
Digital volunteers race to save Ukraine's art and heritage
Can tech help hold climate polluters to their net-zero pledges?
How investigators fact-check Ukraine war footage
Shanghai residents use code words, video to protest COVID lockdown
Ukraine's betting on crypto to help fund the war. Is it working?
analysis
U.S. bitcoin mining under fire for climate, energy impact
Philippine 'Avengers' battle disinformation before election
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Are crypto donations having an impact in Ukraine?
Nigeria blocks 73 million mobile phones in security clampdown
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We explore how data and technology are impacting people’s rights and societies.

Opinion

Corynne McSherry Electronic Frontier Foundation

The need for fair, meaningful protections for data privacy

Everyone deserves to have strong controls over collection and use of information they leave as they go about their normal activities on their phones and computers. It’s time our laws and practices changed to give all users meaningful and lasting data privacy
John Albert and Matthias ... AlgorithmWatch

It's time for Europe to turn the tables on Big Tech

The EU’s new Digital Services Act is a blueprint for forcing Facebook, Youtube, and other major online platforms to tackle the serious risks they pose to individuals and the public sphere. Its success now depends on whether EU officials will effectively enforce the law
Dario Betti Mobile Ecosystem Forum

As smartphone use grows, users’ trust wanes

While mobile phone usage has grown consistently, there are also rising concerns about the risk of spam, fraud, and the lack of privacy
Pierre François Docquir and ... ARTICLE 19

The importance of local voices in online content moderation

Current content moderation practices are failing those living in countries not deemed a priority for Big Tech firms. Local coalitions on freedom of expression and content moderation can help address the address the power imbalance.

In Depth

analysis
ANALYSIS: Moscow battles big tech to control the narrative
analysis
Food delivery drivers question gig platforms' safety nets
Who wins, who loses from the boom in climate prediction startups?
'Doxxing' activists dole out virtual justice for Lebanon collapse

Videos & Pictures

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Editor's Picks

Mumbai turns to Twitter for help mapping India's monsoon floods
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