Inside India's digital crime unit leading the effort to catch groups on WhatsApp and Telegram that create and spread content promoting child sexual abuse Techmeme · 4 days ago
Profile of Russian online retail giant Wildberries, owned by Russia's richest woman, which grew by catering to low-income shoppers via offline collection points Techmeme · 1 week ago
Critics say Indian edtech startups, which raised $2.2B in 2020, are recruiting gig teachers with little training to meet demand fueled by the pandemic Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
A look at Zameen, a Pakistani online real estate marketplace, estimated to initiate 70% of all sale and rental transactions in the country Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
A look at India's booming dark data economy: stalkerware and spyware apps, databases about parents, cable customers, pregnant women, mutual fund investors, more Techmeme · 1 month ago
How livestreaming app Bigo, banned in Pakistan in July, had enabled the country's neglected underclass and marginalized groups to speak freely like never before Techmeme · 1 month ago
Behind the rise of Japan's "poikatsu" influencers, who share tips on maximizing loyalty points, driven by generous rewards programs by apps like Line Pay Techmeme · 1 month ago
Facing a nationalist backlash in India, Xiaomi has rebranded itself as a local manufacturer, unlike other Chinese brands that retreated from the limelight Techmeme · 2 months ago
How students in a remote part of Pakistan mobilized during the pandemic to demand better internet from the military-run unit controlling it Techmeme · 2 months ago
Indian developers are using India's TikTok ban to experiment with new apps and potentially to take back control over India's digital economy from foreign rivals Techmeme · 2 months ago
Critics of Coupang, South Korea's online retail giant, describe the COVID-19 outbreak at a warehouse as an inevitable outcome of putting efficiency over safety Techmeme · 2 months ago
Filipino activists and journalists want Facebook to tackle deadly disinformation coming from the government, resulting in enemies being "red-tagged" and killed Techmeme · 3 months ago
Weibo users describe how political discussions on the platform have become even more muted amid pervasive censorship, as some resort to using burner accounts Techmeme · 3 months ago
Facebook moderators in India, working for a third-party contractor, say they felt pressured to return to the office this summer, even as the pandemic surged Techmeme · 3 months ago
Pakistan's ban on TikTok isn't about protecting user data from the CCP or geopolitics, it's an attempt to use those issues as a cover for top down censorship Techmeme · 3 months ago
A look at Havana's SNET, the "street network" of Cuba's capital which at its peak had ~100K IP addresses, and its demise as state-run WiFi and 3G networks arise Techmeme · 3 months ago
A look at how Iranians are using satellite file-casting app Toosheh to bypass state internet blackouts as the country pushes its national intranet Techmeme · 4 months ago
As a Nigerian man was sentenced to death on Zoom, a look at how virtual court hearings are becoming the new normal in legal proceedings around the world Techmeme · 4 months ago
Illegal drug trade in Ukraine is thriving on Telegram, which reportedly accounts for 90% of the drug sales in the country, helped by its end-to-end encryption Techmeme · 5 months ago
At least half a dozen startup founders from non-Western markets say YC's fully remote S20 Demo Day put them on a more equal footing with their US counterparts Techmeme · 5 months ago
India's ban on WeChat has inconvenienced Tibetan refugees in the country, who despite censorship risk, relied on the app to stay in touch with family back home Techmeme · 5 months ago
Interview with Jorge Ríos, co-founder and CEO of Bridgefy, a popular protest app which uses mesh-networking tech for messaging without an internet access Techmeme · 5 months ago
Profile of QAF, a Reddit-like site in China that has become a go-to place for accessing LGBTIQ content and a support hub for the LGBTIQ community in the country Techmeme · 6 months ago
A look at Muslim matchmaking apps like Muzmatch, which are trying to "disrupt" the tradition of arranged marriages while adhering to Islamic cultural values Techmeme · 6 months ago
Bangladesh's economy relies heavily on Facebook, with ~300K stores offering "F-Commerce" amid an absence of global e-commerce players and online payment options Techmeme · 6 months ago
Some brands are outsourcing the writing of well-worded Instagram captions to a far-flung cadre of writers in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and elsewhere via Fiverr Techmeme · 7 months ago
A deep dive into Sudan's 2019 internet shutdown, how telecom engineers disrupted the government's control over the internet, and the future of digital rights Techmeme · 8 months ago