Twitter Helped Chinese Government Promote Disinformation on Repression of Uyghurs
Promoted tweets from a state-run news outlet distort the position of Uyghurs in the western province of Xinjiang.
Ryan Gallagher
Ryan Gallagher is a U.K.-based investigative journalist whose work at The Intercept as an Investigative Reporter and Editor focused on national security and civil liberties.
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A New App Allows Readers in China to Bypass Censorship of The Intercept
In partnership with Psiphon, we are launching a custom app for Android and Windows devices that circumvents China’s censorship of The Intercept.
We Tested Europe's New Lie Detector for Travelers — and Immediately Triggered a False Positive
4.5 million euros have been pumped into the virtual policeman project meant to judge the honesty of travelers. An expert calls the technology “not credible.”
Middle East Dictators Buy Spy Tech From Company Linked to IBM and Google
Iran and Syria are the only countries in the region where Semptian would refuse to sell its surveillance tools, an employee said.
How U.S. Tech Giants Are Helping to Build China's Surveillance State
A nonprofit led by Google and IBM executives is working with Semptian, whose technology is monitoring the internet activity of 200 million people in China.
China Bans The Intercept and Other News Sites in "Censorship Black Friday"
The crackdown also impacts The Guardian, Washington Post, NBC News, and others, and may be related to the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
This Chinese Artist Criticized Google and Xi Jinping. Now He's Facing Government Harassment.
Dissident Badiucao has emerged from hiding to unveil a documentary film about suppression of his work — and to finally show his face.
Snowden Archive
Meltdown Showed Extent of NSA Surveillance — and Other Tales From Hundreds of Intelligence Documents
Internal NSA reports reveal the exploits of a secret commando unit, new details of a joint venture with the CIA, and spying against Middle Eastern satellite internet.
France Takes Unprecedented Action Against Reporters Who Published Secret Government Document
Journalists could face years in jail for handling a classified military document that revealed details about France’s involvement in the Yemen conflict.
Google Dragonfly
Google's Censored Search Would Help China "Be More Open," Said Ex-CEO Eric Schmidt
The former Google CEO also claimed that employees building the search engine, Dragonfly, knew what they were working on — contradicting what they have said.