Digital freedom

There are over 2,000 cryptocurrencies, tokens, and blockchain instruments commonly traded on more than 250 platforms around the world. Some of these currencies are...

The Global Disinformation Order, a new study by the Oxford Internet Institute, confirms our worst fears about governments’ use of social media to influence...

This post was originally published on September 27, 2019. Air travel is stressful—from finding the best flight prices to lining up for what feels like...

The fact that we’re far less likely to engage in deviant behavior if we think we’re being watched isn’t a new discovery. In 2012, a...

Unlike many other devices, cars are not prefixed with the word smart. Even if they’re connected to the internet—and have the ability to collect...

To buy Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, you have multiple options. You can go to a Bitcoin ATM, accept them as payments for your goods...

Front Line Defenders’s Mohammed Al-Maskati has spent most of his life fighting for human rights in Bahrain and the Middle East. But in recent...

The Bitcoin network does not have a central authority that decides which transactions are valid and which are not. There is nobody who issues...

By far the biggest offenders when it comes to mining your data are not governments or police, but rather advertising agencies. They will buy...

Technology analyst Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report sheds light on important changes in online privacy and security.