Helpdesk: Are private conversations truly private? A cybersecurity expert explains how end-to-end encryption protects you
In an article first published on The Conversation, cybersecurity researcher ROBIN CHATAUT explains how end-to-end encryption works…
WhatsApp to war: How Cubans were recruited to fight for Russia
DAVE SHERWOOD, of Reuters, reports from Cuba…
Wow!: Asian innovators fight online hate, lies as tech giants fall short
RINA CHANDRAN and LEO GALUH, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on initiatives to tackle misinformation, hate speech and abuse in Asia…
Call for action: Iraq Yazidis want Big Tech held to account for Islamic State crimes
Social media companies should be investigated over posts in which abducted Yazidi women and girls were trafficked by IS militants, activists and lawyers say. MAYA GEBEILY, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
WhatsApp instructions, Mexican struggles: How Haitians ended up in Texas camp
Ciudad Acuña, Mexico Reuters Haitians camped out under a Texas bridge followed instructions circulated on WhatsApp to get there, according to a dozen migrants who said the tips delivered to their phones helped them evade checks by Mexican authorities. Over 10,000 migrants, most of them Haitians, were as of Friday sleeping on the ground in […]
Sight Helpdesk: What is Pegasus? A cybersecurity expert explains how the spyware invades phones and what it does when it gets in
The Pegasus spyware technology has been making headlines around the world. BHANUKIRAN GURIJALA, of West Virginia University, explains, in an article first published on The Conversation, how it works…
Updated: UN Security Council calls for release of Myanmar’s Suu Kyi; Biden tells generals to go
Updated: 11.30am (AEDT)Reuters The United Nations Security Council called for the release of Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others detained by the military and stressed the need to uphold democracy, but stopped short of condemning this week’s coup. In the United States, the din of voices weighing in to warn the generals to […]
Lynchings fuelled by rumour hit anti-trafficking drives in India
Thomson Reuters Foundation The public lynchings of at least 10 people in India on false rumours of child kidnap has forced anti-trafficking charities to put their work on hold, fearing they could be targeted. Fake messages about child kidnappings spread on Facebook and WhatsApp have triggered attacks in more than half a dozen Indian states, […]