‘I want my blood-and-sweat money’: How China’s food delivery apps exploit drivers
To keep up with ever-shrinking delivery windows, drivers routinely speed, run red lights, and go against traffic. This has come at a deadly human cost.
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Singapore’s most expensive Facebook link
Leong Sze Hian was fined almost $100,000 for sharing a Facebook link ruled as defamation against the prime minister. It sets a dangerous precedent.
Clubhouse brings the Zimbabwean diaspora closer together
With conversations ranging from labia pulling to the expectations of daughters-in-law, Zimbabweans on the audio-chat app are breaking down taboos.
What the MobiKwik hack tells us about India’s cybersecurity crisis
One of the country’s largest digital payments operators was hacked last month. Without a change, there will be more.
AI isn’t going to save us
The AI solutions championed by tech titans promise to repeat a toxic history of self-defined goodness.
On Clubhouse, Saudis are speaking freely. For now.
Saudi users are talking about everything from feminism to politics on the audio-only platform. How long before authorities notice?
The influencer politicians are coming
A Mexican Instagram star is campaigning for her politician husband. What does that say about social media’s role in free and fair elections?
Narendra Modi’s hashtag problem
India's government is at odds with the very platform that helped it rise to power.
Silicon Valley’s double standard
If Twitter and Facebook are willing to deplatform a sitting U.S. president, why haven’t Indian politicians faced any consequences?
Solidarity now, solidarity through screens
The internet wasn’t designed to cultivate trust or vulnerability, but China’s feminists have figured out how to use it for just that.