Inside Israel’s lucrative — and secretive —cybersurveillance industry
The country’s hacking software is recognized the world over. Not everyone thinks it’s a good thing.
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Donde funcionan las cámaras de vigilancia pero la justicia no
Ciudad de México tiene uno de los sistemas de videovigilancia más sofisticados del mundo. Pero no previene el delito.
How to bring a language to the future
For decades, it was nearly impossible to type in Urdu online. Meet the people fighting to digitally preserve its script.
The cleric has uploaded a new video
Turkish clerics on YouTube attract millions of viewers — but perhaps no one is watching them as closely as the Erdoğan government.
Where surveillance cameras work, but the justice system doesn’t
Mexico City has one of the most ambitious and sophisticated video surveillance systems in the world. But it hasn’t stopped crime.
The silent song
How Papuan separatists battle the Indonesian government's bandwidth throttling and internet shutdowns to report on human rights abuses
Papua New Guinea calling
For over a decade, renegade telecom Digicel has made it their business to connect some of the world’s most remote regions. Now their strategy has left them reliant on maintaining the status quo.
Inside India’s booming dark data economy
Thanks to lax privacy laws and high consumer demand, details on everything from how you shop to who you date are all for sale.
Would you climb a mountain for internet access?
Pakistan’s government uses the internet as a means of exerting control — and in a remote part of the country, citizens are starting to fight back.
The cost of convenience
South Korea’s Coupang promised to make e-commerce lightning fast. A Covid-19 outbreak at one of its warehouses shows that its workers paid the price.