The US ban on Chinese-owned apps WeChat and TikTok sets up a pivotal legal challenge on digital free expression with important ramifications for the global internet ecosystem. President Donald Trump’s…
WHEN I first started working as a journalist, my senior colleagues and field-hardened editors introduced me to the concept of the release valve. I was often surprised that we were…
DeepSeek, an AI model introduced by China, is being hailed as a game-changer in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, posing a significant challenge to US supremacy in the AI field.…
As we stand at the threshold of 2025, Pakistan faces a moment of reckoning – a year shaped by the successes and struggles of the past. The contradictions of 2024…
Pakistan again plunged into digital darkness as the government imposed internet shutdowns following political protests by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). This has become a regular tool for the government to…
Over the past year, Pakistan has teetered on the edge of digital oppression, and the proposed ban on ‘unregistered’ VPNs could be the tipping point toward becoming a fully mass-surveilled…
In the heart of Occupied Kashmir, voices rise not in whispers but in cries, filling the air with a raw urgency. Streets bustle not with peace but with resistance, and…
For the 14th consecutive year, Pakistan ranks as ‘Not Free’ on Freedom House’s Freedom on the Net (FoTN) report, with greater internet outages and restrictions on the internet. The question…
August 5 marks the fifth anniversary since the Modi government abrogated Articles 370 and 35(a) of the Indian constitution and claimed to merge Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)…
Pakistan votes today. In a record year for elections, Pakistan joins the nearly four billion people across the world who will vote for their representatives. When the last general elections…
