Satellite-based connectivity, open-source AI models, and other innovative technologies are transforming how people around the world share their views and access information.

The Associated Press has won a Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for stories on the expansion of government surveillance efforts in China and the role that U.S. tech firms played in it.

I have long been concerned that the current state of geopolitics and internecine competition within standards bodies has begun to negatively impact the development and implementation of important glob...

RightsCon’s cancellation should inspire a reckoning with China’s influence, writes Michael Caster, head of the Global China Program at ARTICLE 19.

RightsCon, the world’s largest digital human rights conference, was forced to cancel its 2026 conference just days before it was to convene in the Zambian capital of Lusaka, reportedly due to Chinese ...

RightsCon’s cancellation should inspire a reckoning with China’s influence, writes Michael Caster, head of the Global China Program at ARTICLE 19.

RightsCon’s cancellation should inspire a reckoning with China’s influence, writes Michael Caster, head of the Global China Program at ARTICLE 19.

Organizers canceled the event just days before thousands were set to descend on Lusaka to discuss issues at the intersection of technology and human rights.

The US needs to block Chinese access to the most advanced technology

Governments and cultural institutions in Europe must challenge attempts from China to close down exhibitions and censor publications.

China’s quest for global leadership in AI and cybersecurity threatens free expression and information integrity around the world.

Geedge Networks is providing censorship capabilities to foreign governments, including those in Myanmar, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan

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Free expression and human rights groups raise concerns about the planned acquisition of the Telegraph and potential Chinese influence.

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ARTICLE 19, a freedom of expression advocacy organization, documented heightened transnational repression during state visits, echoing the findings of ICIJ’s China Targets investigation.

Hong Kong national security police have arrested the father and brother of wanted activist Anna Kwok for allegedly dealing with her finances, local media reported on Friday, in the first use of the city's security law on family members.

The U.S. government’s dismantling of Radio Free Asia means giving Beijing’s propaganda free rein.

Hong Kong national security police have arrested the father and brother of wanted activist Anna Kwok for allegedly dealing with her finances, local media reported on Friday, in the first use of the city's security law on family members.

The new rules, which have already taken effect, outline 22 provisions that risk supercharging risks to foreign tech companies, writes Michael Caster.

As Xi Jinping visits countries in Southeast Asia, ARTICLE 19 warns about the risk of growing digital repression in the region.

The new rules, which have already taken effect, outline 22 provisions that risk supercharging risks to foreign tech companies, writes Michael Caster.

The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.

As Xi Jinping visits countries in Southeast Asia, ARTICLE 19 warns about the risk of growing digital repression in the region.

Chinese-Australian artist and activist Badiucao faces legal harassment for criticising the human rights crisis in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong authorities must release pro-democracy activist Chow Kim-ho and stop using national security laws to stifle online expression.

The Vietnamese government should investigate the death under suspicious circumstances of a senior Tibetan lama, Humkar Dorje Rinpoche, in Ho Chi Minh City on March 29, 2025.

The impetus of what President Donald Trump has called “Liberation Day” is clear. He wants to impose sizable tariffs on many imports. That plays into China’s hand.

A conversation between Bonnie Glaser and Michael Caster discussing China's Digital Silk Road and the diffusion of China's digital governance norms and standards in the Indo-Pacific region. A conversat...

Sealien Robotics’ sale of cutting-edge subsea system to mystery buyer is latest sign of China’s progress in global undersea tech race.

On Wednesday 27 March, a court in Shanghai sentenced Taiwan-based book publisher Li Yanhe (李延賀), known by his pen name Fucha (富察), to three years in prison on charges of ‘inciting secession’.  China’s...

Seventy-five per cent of the US-based staff at the government-funded, editorially independent news service Radio Free Asia (RFA) were put on administrative leave due to an executive order signed by US...

The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert.