An investigation details how Chinese gangs, Chinese officials, and Myanmar's Junta made Myanmar's Kokang region a key hub in the global online scam industry
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Internet blackouts following a military coup have shut down swathes of the online economy in Myanmar, where internet penetration had surged to around 43%
Amid internet blackouts, economic isolation, and massive strikes, a decade of development is unwinding. Tweets: @restofworld , @peterguest , @emilyfishbein11 , @p_annawitt , @baptist_simon , @tmclaugh...
Documents: Michael Pack, CEO of USAGM, is seeking to cut funding for its nonprofit Open Technology Fund, limiting internet access in tightly controlled places
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Sources: Facebook didn't apply hate speech rules to at least four flagged individuals and groups in India, showing a pattern of favoritism to Modi's party
Company executive in vital market opposed move to ban controversial politician; some employees allege favoritism to ruling party Tweets: @jeffhorwitz , @seemay , @rmac18 , @tmclaughlin3 , @jeffhorwitz...
How WhatsApp fuels fake news and violence in India, where a police officer says people can live without oxygen, “but without WhatsApp they will die”
33 killed in 69 incidents of mob violence between January 2017 and July 2018. http://www.wired.com/... Timothy McLaughlin / @tmclaughlin3 : I stopped by Facebook's office in Delhi, there is no WhatsAp...
How WhatsApp fuels fake news and violence in India, where a police officer says people can live without oxygen, “but without WhatsApp they will die”
BY THE TIME police arrived in the hamlet of Rainpada on July 1, 2018, the village council office was the scene of a massacre. Tweets: @alfonslopeztena , @tmclaughlin3 , @tmclaughlin3 , @tmclaughlin3 ,...
How Facebook became synonymous with the internet in a newly democratic Myanmar and ended up relying on civil society groups for help in policing rumors
The riots wouldn't have happened without Facebook. — ON THE THE evening of July 2, 2014 a swelling mob of hundreds … Tweets: @tmclaughlin3 , @nxthompson , @rama_rajeswari , @joinson , @tmclaughlin3 ...