News 26 October 2021 The Facebook Papers reveal staggering failures in the Global South From India to Ethiopia, Rest of World breaks down how Facebook's neglect put millions at risk around the world. By Vittoria Elliott, Nilesh Christopher, Andrew Deck and Leo Schwartz
Ideas 20 October 2021 Brazilians are challenging Bolsonaro’s government using memes Internet users are wielding a viral tool to push back against far-right populism. By Marina Martinez
Report 20 October 2021 Tech workers supported mass protests against police violence in Nigeria. Then the government targeted them A year of arbitrary startup legislation following the #EndSARS protest has rattled the country’s tech industry. By Abubakar Idris
Report 18 October 2021 Cuban memers are using sarcasm to avoid jail time A new generation of Cubans is using memes to criticize the government under the shadow of a repressive anti-free speech law. By Lillian Perlmutter
Ideas 15 October 2021 All risk, no reward: Why Microsoft gutted LinkedIn in China Why deal with political risk when your product isn’t working anyway? By Rui Ma
List 15 October 2021 ⚠️ Caution! ⚠️ These emoji mean different things in different countries Find out what 💁, 🏩 and ✊ mean around the world By Alex González Ormerod
Q & A 13 October 2021 “The internet wasn’t designed to breach national boundaries” British author Azeem Azhar on the evolution of the internet and the hard questions to ask about regulating the platforms. By Peter Guest
Ideas 12 October 2021 The “phone disaster” The Muslim population in Xinjiang, China were early smartphone adopters. Then the tech betrayed them. By Darren Byler
News 7 October 2021 Police influencers pushing a controversial anti-fraud app are going viral in China Despite security concerns, the app is seeing download numbers that rival even Douyin. By Andrew Deck and Evanne Yu
Report 6 October 2021 Instagram has largely replaced TikTok in India, and erased working-class creators “TikTok was a canteen; Instagram is a café. But the canteen has better food, and the café serves costly coffee that not everyone drinks.” By Yashraj Sharma
