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The all-seeing eye? How surveillance and facial recognition works
In Moscow, surveillance cameras with a facial recognition system are widely used, actively used for...
5 days agoYou Must Know This: How Censorship Works in Russia
In the 26th year of his rule, Vladimir Putin has finally turned into a dictator....
5 days agoDocumenting war crimes
Latvian investigative journalist Inga Springe talks about her passion and power to change the world...
5 days agoGrok Against Everyone. The Wild AI That Undresses
Not long ago, deepfakes were easy to spot, and generative AI didn’t exist at all....
5 days agoState Duma: How Freaks Write Laws for Russians
State Duma deputies receive 450,000 rubles a month and parliamentary immunity for making decisions that...
3 weeks agoHow russia today made the 4chan conspiracy theory a reality.
A Russian bot farm created by the FSB and Russia Today was active on Twitter,...
3 weeks agoWho Controls Russia? How Conspiracy Theories Became Reality Under Putin
An analysis of how a closed circle of elites influences Russia’s politics and economy. Where...
4 weeks agoSocial network for the major: why Vkontakte will expose you to law enforcement agencies
In Russia, you can get a real prison term for words on the Internet. Law...
1 month agoTHE HYDROGEN BOMB AND THE MEMORIAL. Academician Sakharov
Academician Sakharov is loved for different things: some know him as the creator of the...
2 months agoHow Russia’s FSB Is Structured
The FSB is a massive structure made up of dozens of divisions. Thousands of officers...
2 months agoInvisible War: How Drones Were Used in FATA (Pakistan)
Life in Pakistan's FATA (Tribal Areas) and why US drone strikes there have gone unseen....
2 months agoBuilt-in SOS function - panic button - in Android phones (Xiaomi example)
The function of automatically sending SMS to pre-selected contacts in case of danger to life...
3 months agoCheburnet by passport? Sovereign Internet Project
Russia is planning to implement a real Cheburnet, just like in North Korea — at...
3 months agoAmateur Investigators Share Their Findings in Syria, Lebanon and Israel
Amateur investigators share their methods and experiences investigating three topics: where weapons come from in...
3 months agoYou need anonymity online. And that's why
Anonymity on the Internet is not only a tool of hackers, but also a key...
3 months ago2025 in Review: Anyone Can Be Labeled a Spy
A review of 2025 for the human rights project Perviy Otdel (“First Department”) and for...
3 months agoData Journalism vs. Big Tech
Nabiha Sayed, CEO of The Markup, discusses how her nonprofit news organization combines data journalism...
3 months agoResilient AI for Journalists
Mayowa Ogunrinola explores the concept of sustainability in AI in journalism, defining it as the...
3 months agoWhy doesn't Roskomnadzor notice drug shops?
Traders of prohibited goods on the darknet have long revealed the secrets of resisting censorship....
3 months agoWhy Telegram has Become the Center of Digital Life
How Telegram works and what makes it stand out among other digital platforms, besides the...
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