As in-person gatherings have become difficult to organize or too risky for citizens, online protest has become an increasingly common form of political dissent in Togo.

With this spotlight, we seek to explore the many forms of protest, the tactics states use to delegitimize and suppress them, and the complex relationship between protest and democracy. 

Listing sites are littered with homes with fake fireplaces, improved views and virtual landscaping, raising false advertising concerns.

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This issue fascinates me because of its near-invisibility: As many of our Spotlight articles observe, citizenship is easy to take for granted when you receive it automatically and never have to defend...

Dozens of cities have canceled their contracts with Flock. Some are switching to other companies, but privacy experts say they're no better than Flock.

What are Flock's Automated License Plate Readers, and should you be concerned about the use of these cameras in your community?

AI-generated food photos and menus are creeping into restaurants, but the uncanny images, mangled descriptions, and synthetic polish come at a cost: diners’ trust. When it comes to selling food, even ...

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The first UN Global Dialogue recognized the problem. The next step is building an architecture capable of addressing it, write Jamila Venturini & Marina Meira.

A number of guests said they would be reluctant to appear at conventions again after cases of recordings taking place without their knowledge.

As part of the Mayan Languages Digital Activism Summit in Chiapas, Maya activists reflected on artificial intelligence and Indigenous self-determination, questioning the urgency to adopt it and defend...

Human testing. Those two words evoke mental images of inhumane experiments and feelings of disquiet, as they should. Yet human testing of militarized technology is happening in the Southwest…

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The president of the encrypted messaging app says autonomous AI agents, device scanning and digital advertising are converging into a new architecture of surveillance.

Please join us in ABC Amsterdam for an afternoon with 3 of science fiction's most insightful voices: Malka Older, Karen Lord, and Annalee Newitz. They will present We Will Rise Again : Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope, the anthology they jointly edited. There will be Q