Turkey 26 May 2020 Can a former model predict your future? A million Turkish users say yes Meet the flamboyant founder behind the app that’s disrupting the centuries-old tradition of coffee fortune-telling.
Been there, built that 26 May 2020 What the doctor ordered Nguyen Viet Anh, the co-founder of a Vietnamese website for doctors, on the challenges of digitizing medical data in a country that still values traditional methods
Hong Kong 26 May 2020 Hong Kong’s COVID-19 neighborhood watch The city’s everyday citizens are turning on each other—and turning each other in—for breaking quarantine.
Kenya 26 May 2020 This lending app publicly shames you when you’re late on loan payment Okash, a popular fintech app in Kenya and Nigeria, threatens users to notify everyone on their contact list when you fall behind on your loan payments.
South Korea 19 May 2020 How K-pop fans mobilized globally to change Twitter’s policy When the social media platform threatened to delete a deceased K-pop idol’s account, thousands of fans turned it into a living memorial.
Been There, Built That 19 May 2020 Raheel Khursheed: “If you find the right allies, you can still make headway” The former head of Twitter India's news, politics, and government on the e-governance platform built for users and what he learned from it
India 19 May 2020 One country, two internets Within a matter of weeks, two students who returned to their home states find themselves in different positions as a result of unequal internet access.
Sudan 12 May 2020 Anatomy of an internet shutdown How citizens, telecom employees, and activists in Sudan turned a battle for digital rights into a referendum on the government
