New York Times:
An investigation, based on ~160K documents from Roskomnadzor, details Russia’s vast surveillance and censorship apparatus, which helps Putin maintain his regime — Four days into the war in Ukraine, Russia’s expansive surveillance and censorship apparatus was already hard at work.
Politico:
A look at Russia’s scramble to access semiconductors, transformers, and other high-tech parts for weapons, many of which are sanctioned, for the Ukraine war — It’s the microchips that look set to get Vladimir Putin in the end. Six months into its invasion of Ukraine …
Max Seddon / Financial Times:
Sources: Yandex seeks Putin’s assent for restructuring, including selling its Russian business and spinning off key global projects in edtech and other sectors — Yandex, the company often described as “Russia’s Google”, is seeking Vladimir Putin’s blessing to sell its operations in the country …
New York Times:
China is using phone trackers and other tools to track protestors, the first time mass surveillance has been directed at middle-class people in affluent cities — After a weekend of protests, the authorities in China are using the country’s all-seeing surveillance apparatus to find those bold enough to defy them.
Kevin T. Dugan / New York Magazine:
In a text exchange on May 8, Elon Musk suggested slowing down the Twitter deal ahead of a speech by Putin to see if “we’re heading into World War III” — What we know about Elon Musk is really “Elon Musk,” the persona of the billionaire memelord who hides his personal fears …
Mike Butcher / TechCrunch:
A look at Iranian activists’ fight for internet access amid the regime’s crackdowns, including using Tor servers inside Iran to bypass internet blockades — Activists in Iran are working with outsiders to fight the regime’s censorship — As protesters flooded the streets of Iran in September …
New York Times:
How Geneva-based developer Proton is waging a sustained fight against Russia’s censorship and surveillance campaigns using its VPN tech — 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.
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