Tag: politics

• French and Russian Influence Operations Go Head to Head Targeting Audiences in Africa

  December 22, 2020

  On December 15, Facebook announced that it had taken down three separate networks that it had discovered for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” that targeted communities across Africa. One, centered on the Central African… more ›

• The case for … cities that aren’t dystopian surveillance states

  December 21, 2020

  “Smart city” is one of those science fiction phrases seemingly designed to make you uneasy, like “neuromarketing” or “pre-crime”. It’s impossible to be alive in this decade and not find… more ›

• A U.S.-Backed Militia That Kills Children May Be America’s Exit Strategy From Its Longest War

  December 21, 2020

  The buzz of a drone at night was the first sign of trouble. Next came the roar of a larger, low-flying aircraft, which alerted residents of the Afghan village of… more ›

• Wife of ‘McMafia’ banker with £16m Harrods spending habit named

  December 21, 2020

  The woman at the centre of the UK’s first McMafia-style “dirty money” investigation who has a £1.6m-a-year Harrods spending habit has been unmasked as Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife of an… more ›

• Bloomberg Businessweek 2020 Jealousy List

  December 20, 2020

  At Bloomberg Businessweek, no year would be complete without a round of solemn introspection: How did we fail? And so, as if 2020 wasn’t bad enough, we present the annual… more ›

• As China Tracked Muslims, Alibaba Showed Customers How They Could, Too

  December 20, 2020

  The website for the tech titan’s cloud business described facial recognition software that could detect members of a minority group whose persecution has drawn international condemnation. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/technology/alibaba-china-facial-recognition-uighurs.html more ›

• ‘The only two powerful cartels left’: rivals clash in Mexico’s murder capital

  December 19, 2020

  Standing guard at the scene of the crime, the two police officers surveyed the shattered glass and bullet-pocked bodywork of the Mercedes Benz hatchback and offered their analysis. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/28/mexico-drug-cartels-sinaloa-jalisco-colima more ›

• Taxing Times Ahead – 7th Dec 2020

  December 18, 2020

  — 20 min read — Summary :- I explore why people feel that tech company taxation is unfair, look at how current structures work, and describe possible alternative models for… more ›

• Big Tech’s censorship shame in Viet Nam

  December 18, 2020

  Imagine if you spent years and years growing your Facebook account, posting and writing about your passions for democracy, but then in one easy act, Facebook just erases all the… more ›

• FSB Team of Chemical Weapon Experts Implicated in Alexey Navalny Novichok Poisoning

  December 14, 2020

  We have detailed the research methodology for this investigation into a separate article. You can read it here. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2020/12/14/fsb-team-of-chemical-weapon-experts-implicated-in-alexey-navalny-novichok-poisoning/ more ›