Report 15 April 2021 Myanmar’s military coup has pushed its fledgling digital economy to the brink of collapse Amid internet blackouts, economic isolation, and massive strikes, a decade of development is unwinding.
News 13 April 2021 Young Burmese activists are broadcasting anti-coup messages on pirate radio "This is revolution radio."
News 9 April 2021 Singapore’s government critics are crowdfunding their defamation fines Opposition figures are used to costly suits, but now ordinary people are rallying to help.
News 26 March 2021 China suddenly blocked an Indonesian newspaper. No one knows why Jawa Pos may have been banned because of Beijing’s sensitivity over Xinjiang, or because censors thought it was Japanese porn.
News 25 March 2021 “It really makes me scared”: How Chinese hackers used Facebook to spy on Uyghurs State-backed actors used sophisticated techniques to spy on 500 activists, journalists and exiles from Xinjiang.
Feature 18 March 2021 TikTok is repeating Facebook’s mistakes in Myanmar The social media giant failed to anticipate a predictable surge in misinformation and threats of violence.
Year of the pandemic 16 March 2021 The hidden winners of the pandemic’s e-commerce boom As the pandemic pushes e-commerce profits to new heights, logistics companies are seizing the opportunity.
News 15 March 2021 Malaysia’s brand-new “fake news” law is built to silence dissent Activists and journalists worry that the government is using pandemic legislation to clamp down on free speech.
Feature 8 March 2021 Betting big with Zimbabwe’s foreign currency traders Locked out of a failing job market, young Zimbabweans are turning to forex currency trading to make a living.
Feature 18 February 2021 Technology and solidarity won’t save Myanmar’s protesters Young Burmese are using tech to organize against a military coup, but the junta has powerful tools to silence them.