This post is part of Global Voices’ October 2026 Spotlight series, “Big Tech and Authoritarianism.” In this Spotlight, we explore how Big Tech facilitates...
Benedict Moleta, Australian National University
On October 27, Israel is scheduled to hold its first national election since Hamas’ attack of October 7 2023.
It will...
Peter McPhee, The University of Melbourne
Mass protests in France have spiralled into riots, with between 500,000 and 800,000 demonstrators in cities and towns across...
Jumping from the top of a truck, Gazan journalist Anas Al‑Sharif landed in the arms of his best friend, Saleh Al‑Ja’farawi, with a joy that felt almost borrowed from another world, brief, bright, and impossibly alive amid a landscape cratered by warplanes.
This post is part of Global Voices’ October 2026 Spotlight series, “Big Tech and Authoritarianism.” In this Spotlight, we explore how Big Tech facilitates...