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The A1 Haiku: Power’s trips

By Thomas Gaulkin | Biosecurity, Special Topics

St Basil's cathedral, Red Square, Moscow

What do ordinary Russians think? Interview with a Russian independent reporter

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

one-woman protest outside old KGB headquarters, Moscow

“When it comes to Russia, it’s like living in a volcano” — Interview with Farida Rustamova, an independent reporter in Putin’s Russia

By Dan Drollette Jr | Interviews

Spy Booth Banksy street art

Introduction: The brave new world of the high-tech surveillance state

By Dan Drollette Jr | Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

barbed wire and closed-circuit TV camera

The high-tech surveillance state is not restricted to China: Interview with Maya Wang of Human Rights Watch

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies, Special Topics

Countries have more than 100 laws on the books to combat misinformation. How well do they work?

By Kamya Yadav, Ulaş Erdoğdu, Samikshya Siwakoti, Jacob N. Shapiro, Alicia Wanless | Disruptive Technologies