Dig into this Q&A about Telegram: '...this fake content has a long shelf life on the internet because even when you fact-check, the same fake images keep showing up. And most people don’t bother to check the content...It’s simple but very effective.' codastory.com/newsletters/ho…

'The Monash Centre...is the culmination of a decades-long, state-sponsored conservative campaign to reorient Australian national identity—one aimed at shifting Australian public memory towards a triumphant set of narratives about war.' codastory.com/rewriting-hist…

In the latest Disinfo Matters: As Iranian and Israeli authorities rattle their sabers, the people they represent express their dissent; when Tucker met Pavel; and how supposedly “neutral” Telegram became dominated by Russian wartime propaganda. codastory.com/newsletters/ho…

In case you missed it: 'People around me were being arrested, seemingly for no good reason. I realized I couldn’t live the way I wanted in my hometown, so I decided to leave. At that time, thousands of Uyghurs were doing the same thing.' codastory.com/authoritarian-…

'Where a lot of [the students] come to by the end of the semester is that they need to know these things in order to be patriotic. That being ignorant is not patriotism.' codastory.com/rewriting-hist…

'A cashless world leaves these huge data trails. There are well-known examples of intelligence agencies spying on payment networks. Right now, the worst excesses of that type of surveillance are dampened because there is an alternative, right?' codastory.com/authoritarian-…

As long as Kremlin propaganda dominates Telegram, 'the Russian authorities have no reason to block it,' says investigative reporter Irina Pankratova. 'This is the price that I assume the creators of Telegram quite consciously decided to pay.'
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In case you missed it: “As soon as you ask a question about it, you’re categorized as being against progress and sustainability.” In Sweden's 'land of the future,' some see the possibility of a green transition, while others see green colonialism. codastory.com/waronscience/s…

“The longer you’re in exile, the more you need to start thinking about where else you can build your life.” Last year, Amanda Coakley checked in on Belarus’ exiled opposition, three years after the 2020 protests. codastory.com/rewriting-hist…

Revisit this powerful piece from 2022 on the homegrown apps that Iranian activists used to coordinate protests and defy the authorities’ censorship efforts. codastory.com/authoritarian-…

'Muzzling independent journalism is a crucial part of the strategy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party, as they move quickly to check off items on their Hindu nationalist agenda,' writes Shougat Dasgupta in Disinfo Matters. codastory.com/newsletters/in…

ICYMI: 'If I'm not playing or if I'm not having anything outside to do, like if I’m not shopping, I don’t go out anymore.” The Turkish state has clamped down on gay and trans people, forcing many to leave. codastory.com/disinformation…

'Why would a country of 9.5 million people need so many hardcore surveillance tools? To monitor anyone threatening to expose its wrongdoings or challenge its power. And to ensure its hold on a thriving drug trade.' codastory.com/authoritarian-…

ICYMI: The AI industry is dominated by the English language. What is it like for speakers of less common languages? Could better tech bring unintended consequences? codastory.com/authoritarian-…

In the latest Disinfo Matters: A Brazilian Supreme Court judge orders X to block certain accounts; Microsoft warns of China’s electoral disinformation; and nothing seems to stick to India’s prime minister. codastory.com/newsletters/in…

Answers & justice are rare in Northern Ireland, when it comes to crimes committed during the Troubles. And in recent years, the British government has tried to keep it that way.

I went to Northern Ireland in '22 to write about this for Coda Story

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“I just said, I'm leaving Florida, and universally the response from everyone was 'I don't blame you.' Every single person said the exact same thing.” Revisit this story from last year about the exodus of trans children and their families from Florida. codastory.com/waronscience/f…

How can we think about the world in ways that don't put humanity at the center? Would the Earth be better off run by AI? Last year, author Adam Kirsch spoke to Isobel Cockerell about what a post-human future might look like. codastory.com/waronscience/c…

In the latest Disinfo Matters: 'The fact that Modi is confident enough to continue to portray the opposition as corrupt and his government as honest, despite the electoral bonds revelations, is testament to the power of narrative capture.' codastory.com/newsletters/in…

Two years ago, activist Vladimir Kara-Murza was arrested on charges related to his criticism of Putin and the war in Ukraine. He is now among the highest profile political prisoners in Russia. Revisit this interview that Coda conducted with him in 2019: codastory.com/disinformation…