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Mo Yan is widely celebrated in China but now faces a lawsuit accusing him of smearing the Communist party amid an increasingly febrile atmosphere onlineAt first glance, a Nobel prize winning author, a bottle of green tea and Beijing’s Tsinghua Universi…
Read MoreNew research into Brenton Tarrant’s posts on 4chan raises questions about why authorities did not detect them before the 2019 mosque shootingsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or d…
Read MoreFor the past five years India has shut down the internet more times than any other country affecting over 120 million peopleBryan Akoijam had spent years building up his entertainment company in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur. Between his thriv…
Read MoreOrganised criminals use threats, torture and sexual violence to coerce victims to work in international scamming operations Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked and forced to work for online scamming operations in south-east Asia run by…
Read MoreThe pandemic showed us how digital divides worsen inequality – this project shows they’re not inevitableDigital poverty and exclusion hide in plain sight. In an era of hyper-connectivity, millions are left in the shadows, even in the wealthiest countr…
Read MoreAmid usual scrubbing for Tiananmen Square anniversary, searches for bridge where protest was held in 2022 return no resultsChinese censors scrubbing the internet of any words or symbols that could be used to reference the Tiananmen Square massacre in t…
Read MoreDefence ministry says it cannot rule out ‘cognitive warfare tactics’ after disinformation during Chinese drillsTaiwan’s defence ministry has raised the alarm about disinformation attacks during the recent Chinese military drills and alerted local media…
Read MoreCanadian politician, poet, an India MP and journalists are among 120 accounts that have been withheldTwitter has been accused of bowing to government pressure in India by blocking scores of prominent journalists, politicians and activists from its plat…
Read MoreShutdown imposed as part of search for Amritpal Singh Sandhu, accused of disrupting communal harmonyEconomic life in the north Indian state of Punjab has been paralysed by an internet shutdown, affecting 30 million people, imposed as part of a huge man…
Read MoreShares plummet after Ernie Bot AI chatbot software falls short of expectations at unveiling in BeijingThe Chinese search engine company Baidu’s shares have fallen by as much as 10% after it presented its ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence software, w…
Read MoreInvestigation reveals more than 150 fake firms, many with ties to China, are targeting people online, breaking their hearts – and emptying their bank accounts.A woman meets a man online. They flirt. Then, after a few weeks, they begin imagining a futur…
Read MoreUse of emergency laws sheds light on fragile and fractious place social media now occupy in IndiaThe response by the Indian government was quick and draconian. Days after a BBC documentary examining the role that Narendra Modi, now prime minister, had …
Read MoreAuthorities want Glory to Hong Kong axed from top results and replaced with China’s national anthemGoogle has refused to change its search results to display China’s national anthem, rather than a protest song, when users search for Hong Kong’s nationa…
Read MoreGovernment websites and email still offline, leading to delays in payments and services across the countryOne month after a cyber-attack brought down government servers and websites in Vanuatu, frustrated officials were still using private Gmail accoun…
Read MoreThe mechanics of the internet mean that blocks on access imposed by one country can be felt half a world awayGovernments embrace internet shutdowns as a form of controlHow to shut down the internet – and how to fight backWhen Myanmar’s military ordered…
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