Internet

Corporate mergers and backstage coercion have expanded Putin’s control.

The United States can lead the way on innovation in technology regulation—but instead it has fallen far behind.

China and Russia are ramping up their disinformation campaigns in the lead-up to the November vote. It’s time for Washington to fight back.

As the United States abandons demands for human rights, young Afghans are embracing free speech the only place they can—on the Internet.

With humanitarian aid and internet services restricted, the conflict-torn state could soon face a public health disaster.

In India, education under lockdown and a deep digital divide threaten to undo real progress in rural areas.

A pop culture battle turned into a nationalist frenzy and a propaganda problem.

Millions of people stuck at home will turn to social media, where disinformation is rife. Radical Islamists and far-right groups are exploiting widespread confusion and fear to spread hate.

Epidemics raise worrying questions about how to limit state power.

Social media giants are finding it hard to quarantine fake news.

London’s justification for cooperating with the Chinese telecommunications company is riddled with obvious contradictions.

The European Union is running in circles in pursuit of “digital sovereignty.”

The fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago was a giddy moment, but the subsequent rush to tear down walls everywhere has yielded a global system in which bad actors are no longer held accountable. 

Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi has been a key player in the Iranian government’s campaign of repression and censorship.

The only way to save journalism is to make readers direct participants in making, and paying for, the media.

Online forums rally fans to defend national pride abroad.

New Delhi clamps down on internet access in Kashmir as it moves to limit the troubled region’s constitutional autonomy.

Anxious about its failure to establish cultural hegemony, the Erdogan government is going after internet stars.

Donald Trump is gathering his favorite meme-makers and trolls for a White House summit.