Report 22 October 2021 Brazil’s embrace of facial recognition worries Black communities Activists are concerned that using biometric tools on people with no say over the decision risks reinforcing racist practices. By Charlotte Peet
Report 21 October 2021 New documents shed light on Amazon’s controversial Africa headquarters The Cape Town development may not have met Amazon's requirements. So why was it chosen? By Louise Matsakis and Patrick Egwu
Report 21 October 2021 This startup is creating personalized deepfakes for corporations Major companies in India are using Rephrase.ai to create avatars of celebrities and executives, and commercial use is coming soon. By Nilesh Christopher
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
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
Report 14 October 2021 Behind SmartNews, the $2 billion unicorn trying to fix the news algorithm Two Japanese programmers, a horde of English teachers and a dose of idealism created a surprise hit. By Andrew Deck
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
