Migrants take the US to court over its glitchy asylum app The Biden administration’s glitchy new app is failing asylum seekers. Now, migrant’s rights groups are fighting back feature Erica Hellerstein
Inside New Mexico’s struggle to protect kids from abuse A safety scoring tool was supposed to improve child welfare. But former caseworkers say it’s not helping feature Caitlin Thompson
When Meta suspends influential political accounts, who loses? Meta must decide whether to suspend Hun Sen’s Facebook page and the archive of recent Cambodian political history it contains feature Fiona Kelliher
Researchers say their AI can detect sexuality. Critics say it’s dangerous Swiss psychiatrists say their AI deep learning model can tell if your brain is gay or straight. AI experts say that’s impossible feature Isobel Cockerell
Israel uses Palestine as a petri dish to test spyware Journalist Antony Loewenstein discusses how Israeli surveillance tech is tested in Palestine before being exported across the world q&a Frankie Vetch
How TikTok influencers exploit ethnic divisions in Ethiopia Social media influencers in Africa’s second-largest country are helping to stoke conflict – and making money along the way feature Endalkachew Chala
Should countries build their own AIs? AI will soon touch many parts of our lives. But it doesn’t have to be controlled by big tech companies feature Chris Stokel-Walker
When your body becomes the border Surveillance technology has brought U.S. immigration enforcement away from the border itself and onto the bodies of people seeking to cross it feature Erica Hellerstein
Escaping China with a spoon and a rusty nail How one Uyghur man fled Xinjiang via the notorious smugglers' road and broke out of a Thai prison first person Hashim Mohammed and Isobel Cockerell
How an EU-funded agency is working to keep migrants from reaching Europe The International Centre for Migration Policy Development is arming countries along European borders with surveillance tech and training to keep migrants out of Europe feature Zach Campbell and Lorenzo D'Agostino
Imran Khan is fighting Pakistan's army with Twitter The arrest of the former Pakistani prime minister unleashed days of protest and has mired the country in a deep political crisis feature Ramsha Jahangir
Chatbots of the dead AI grief chatbots can help us talk to loved ones from beyond the grave. Are we okay with that? q&a Isobel Cockerell
How Somali workers in the US are fighting Amazon’s surveillance machine Minnesota just passed a labor bill that could force Amazon to respect the rights of warehouse workers feature Erica Hellerstein
Telehealth start-ups are monetizing misinformation – and your data Digital-first telehealth companies are not regulated like traditional healthcare providers. And they are out for profit feature Rebekah Robinson
The demolition of dissent in India Bulldozers, symbols of unchecked state power, are being celebrated in Indian popular culture. And the ‘Bulldozer Baba’ in Uttar Pradesh is becoming India’s favorite Hindu nationalist politician feature Tusha Mittal
