How Twitter, which partnered with India's BJP on an e-governance tool, ended up in BJP's crosshairs as the party went on the defensive against online criticism
by @NilChristopher & @_meher
An in-depth look at how a team of fact-checkers at Alt News in India is struggling against misinformation spread by the ruling BJP party on Facebook services
Sonia Faleiro / Rest of World : Tweets: @dlberes , @restofworld , @mirakamdar , @restofworld , and @prempanicker See also Mediagazer Tweets: @dlberes : “In the U.S., misinformatio...
As COVID surges in India, online crowdsourcing and social media have become essential for sharing critical public health information, like ICU bed availability
With little state resources, citizen-led online initiatives are helping people find everything from oxygen to ICU beds. Tweets: @lmatsakis , @restofworld , @nilchristopher , @_mehe...
A look at Unit 8200, an elite intelligence unit within the Israeli Defense Forces and a pipeline for the country's sprawling network of cybersecurity startups
The country's hacking software is recognized the world over. Not everyone thinks it's a good thing. Tweets: @restofworld , @leomschwartz , @cengizyar , @restofworld , and @_meher ...
Interview with founder of Koo, a microblogging service for regional language speakers in India that recently passed 3M users, fueled in large part by Modi's BJP
Aprameya Radhakrishna made Koo for local-language speakers. Overnight, Hindu nationalists drove its success. — • BANGALORE, INDIA Tweets: @marklittlenews , @restofworld , @anupk...
The possible Grab-Gojek merger has alarmed SE Asian labor groups, who fear the merger will provide little incentive to improve the working conditions of drivers
Rest of World : Tweets: @ozmarshall , @_meher , and @findingsen Tweets: Marshall Hughes / @ozmarshall : The most likely source of reform in the #gigeconomy is customer activism, a...
An in-depth look at facial recognition technology, with a primer on how it works, who is using it in the US, and how to avoid it online and in public
The controversial and nearly ever-present technology that could replace the fingerprint — From iPhones and Snapchat filters …
An in-depth look at facial recognition technology, with a primer on how it works, who is using it in the US, and how to avoid it online and in public
The controversial and nearly ever-present technology that could replace the fingerprint — From iPhones and Snapchat filters … Tweets: @calsunday , @joejerome , @calsunday , @cals...
Laws that ban facial recognition miss the larger point: we need laws on all tech used for identification and to decide how much of our data should be surveilled
The whole point of modern surveillance is to treat people differently, and facial recognition technologies are only a small part of that.