Report 24 June 2021 The Chinese content farms behind Factory TikTok How workers manufacturing products like aloe jelly and gardening gloves also became the influencers selling them. By Andrew Deck
Ideas 23 June 2021 I am Palestinian. Here’s how Israel silences us on social media. “The blackout Palestinians are facing is not about suppressing our voices as individuals. It is about erasing us in toto.” By Mariam Barghouti
Feature 21 June 2021 The Facebook page searching for Egypt’s missing children Its members claim to have tracked down over 2,800 people, solving cases that no one else has been able to. By Bahira Amin
Report 17 June 2021 Koo is selling itself as a Twitter substitute in Nigeria The Indian microblogging app has built a partisan audience in India by supporting government restrictions on social platforms. By Abubakar Idris and Nilesh Christopher
Report 17 June 2021 In Argentina, cheap government-issued netbooks sparked a musical renaissance Working-class teens turned junked machines into musical instruments. By Juan José Relmucao
Report 17 June 2021 Argentina le dio netbooks a jóvenes de bajos recursos y sin querer creó una nueva generación de música urbana Artistas como Trueno y L-Gante ahora tienen millones de vistas en YouTube. By Juan José Relmucao
Report 17 June 2021 Three Iraqi women explain how and why they stay anonymous online The internet affords some Iraqi women unprecedented freedom, but for many, it’s hard to shake the patriarchal norms of their IRL lives. By Sofia Barbarani
News 16 June 2021 The limits of Modi’s power to control Twitter India’s courts, not the government in New Delhi, have the authority to end ‘safe harbor’ protections for the platform. By Nilesh Christopher
Ideas 16 June 2021 The conspiracy theories Myanmar’s paranoid generals use to justify the coup The Burmese military has used myths of foreign interference, from George Soros to Facebook, while maintaining its grip on power. By Aye Min Thant
News 15 June 2021 Apple’s emoji keyboard is reinforcing Western stereotypes The feature associates “Africa” with the hut emoji and “China” with the dog emoji. By Andrew Deck
