How Spain relies on the VioGén algorithm to score the likelihood of recurring domestic violence and decide protection measures, with at times fatal consequences
Spain has become reliant on an algorithm to score how likely a domestic violence victim is to be abused again … X: @tdietterich , @stevebholt , @ichbinilya , @noisejockey , @ichbinilya , @jonathancohn...
Leaked internal messages from 2020 and 2021 detail Huawei's lobbying to court Greek officials; filings show Huawei's 2022 sales in Greece rose 56% YoY to €258M
New York Times : X: @e_triantafillou , @e_triantafillou , @criticalvas , @satariano , @nytimestech , @mylonasmakis , @mylonasmakis , @mylonasmakis , and @artemisseaford X: Eliza Triantafillou / @e_tr...
A look at the cottage industry of Russian tech contractors, many owned by oligarch-linked Citadel Group, building digital surveillance tools for use by the FSB
Russia is incubating a cottage industry of new digital surveillance tools to suppress domestic opposition to the war in Ukraine. Mastodon: @Mer__edith@mastodon.world . Twitter: @matthew_d_green , @sat...
UK convenience stores are increasingly using facial recognition tech to combat shoplifting, which critics say is a disproportionate solution for minor crimes
British merchants are increasingly using the technology to combat shoplifting, raising questions about its spread as artificial intelligence rapidly improves it. Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to . Twitt...
How Geneva-based VPN startup Proton's ~25 engineers are fighting Russian censorship, a back-and-forth battle since the government blocked Proton in March 2022
The cat-and-mouse experience of Proton, a Swiss company, shows what it's like to be targeted by Russian censors — and what it takes to fight back. Tweets: @satariano , @hatr , @protonvpn , @kenroth , ...
A look at Portugal's Meia Praia beach, a haven where crypto supporters gather, creating a bubble of optimism about digital currencies amid crypto's downturn
Adam Satariano / New York Times : Tweets: @diditaihuttu , @alleenbrown , and @satariano Tweets: @diditaihuttu : Yes @BamBamBeach is helping people to understand the evolution of money into #Bitcoin d...
A look at Germany's hate speech laws, more restrictive than other Western countries, as 1,000+ are charged or punished since 2018 for online speech crimes
Battling far-right extremism, Germany has gone further than any other Western democracy to prosecute individuals for what they say online … Tweets: @satariano , @kashhill , @kashhill , @tjmcintyre , @...
An investigation based on nearly 160K Roskomnadzor documents details Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain power
Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia's expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work. Tweets: @paulmozur , @bbhorne , @bbhorne , @fcdservicea_llc , @fcdservicea_llc , @...
A look at efforts by 50+ countries to control digital data produced by citizens, governments, and businesses, driven by privacy concerns, economics, and more
Nations are accelerating efforts to control data produced within their perimeters, disrupting the flow of what has become a kind of digital currency. Tweets: @wbm312 , @vickerysec , @profcarroll , @da...
Sources detail internal confusion from Meta moderators and employees over how to enforce content rules during Russia's invasion of Ukraine
The rules over what war content is permitted on Facebook and Instagram keep changing, causing internal confusion. — Meta, which owns Facebook … Tweets: @satariano , @rmac18 , @shiraovide , @rmac18 ,...