Why has Swahili not become Africa’s unifying language?July 7 was the first World Kiswahili Language DayWritten by Njeri Wangari, Cecilia Maundu29 July 2022
War in Ukraine is fundamentally changing the relationship between the internet and geopoliticsWar is cementing decade-long trends in internet governance and cyberwarfareWritten by Global Voices Central & Eastern Europe28 July 2022
Unfreedom Monitor Report: BrazilAn excerpt from Advox research on digital authoritarianism in BrazilWritten by Advox26 July 2022
Digital connectivity projects reduce climate change impacts in Gran Chaco, South AmericaVarious digital projects help local populations mitigate the effects of climate crisisWritten by Muy WasoTranslated by Teodora C. Hasegan21 July 2022
Vietnam’s Zalo Connect app: Digital authoritarianism hidden in peer-to-peer aid platformsThe app implies a transactional solution to a structural crisisWritten by EngageMedia20 July 2022
A Chinese office platform confirms that users’ files on its cloud server are subject to censorshipWhat if you were blocked from accessing important documents from your cloud drive?Written by Oiwan Lam18 July 2022
Armenia's Prosecutor General wants to monitor internet contentCritics of the proposal say it will curb media freedomWritten by Arzu Geybullayeva14 July 2022
The forgotten story of the women who changed the history of computing in Latin AmericaIn the 1960s, Argentina's first programming language was bornWritten by Jacobo NájeraTranslated by Melissa Vida13 July 2022
Hong Kong set to implement a China-style health code and contact-tracing appThe city will require more PCR tests and movement restrictionsWritten by Hong Kong Free Press12 July 2022
Central Asia rushes into armed drone race as regional arms transfers brewDrone diplomacy and geopolitics of arms race in Central AsiaWritten by Zhar Zardykhan7 July 2022
Disinformation 2.0: Should we bring the notion of propaganda back into public discourse? Our minds are conditioned by vast amounts of incoherent informationWritten by Olga Solovyeva6 July 2022
Indonesia's Covid tracker app PeduliLindungi: To care for and protect?The app is mandatory to enter many public placesWritten by EngageMedia6 July 2022
China: Possible police database breach exposes at least 1 billion citizens’ personal dataIt could be the biggest data leak in historyWritten by Oiwan Lam6 July 2022
Indian police use old tweets as cause to arrest Muslim journalist known for debunking fake newsZubair often tweets videos highlighting rising Hindu extremism in IndiaWritten by Vishal Yashoda Manve4 July 2022