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Want To Know What Saudis Really Think About Khashoggi? You Won’t Find Out On Twitter.

A month after Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance, the climate in Saudi Arabia has kept Twitter users silent.
Megha Rajagopalan • 15 days ago

Vietnamese Blogger "Mother Mushroom" Is On Her Way To The US After Being Released From Prison

Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, known online by her handle, was serving a decadelong sentence when she was freed on Wednesday.
Megha Rajagopalan • One month ago

An Australian Resident Returned To China — Then She Vanished

Up to a dozen Uighurs with residency in Australia have come up missing after traveling to China, activists say. One woman’s family fears the worst.
Megha Rajagopalan • One month ago

How Myanmar Could Grant Two Jailed Reuters Reporters Amnesty

Press freedom advocates are pushing for Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to make the move.
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

Two Women In Malaysia Have Been Caned For Having Sex In A Car

The rare public punishment has led to condemnation from LGBT and women's rights groups.
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

Rights Groups Are Demanding That Google Not Release A Censored Search Engine In China

A group of tech NGOs and human rights groups released an open letter to Google’s CEO urging the company not to “accommodate the Chinese authorities’ repression of dissent.”
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

How Facebook Failed The Rohingya In Myanmar

The UN calls Myanmar’s treatment of the Muslim Rohingya minority a genocide, and says Facebook has done little to tackle hate speech. Analysis by BuzzFeed News sheds new light on Facebook's failures.
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

Airbnb Canceled A Competition To Win A Sleepover At The Great Wall Of China

Airbnb scrapped a competition to stay at the Great Wall after being accused on Chinese social media of being careless with a national treasure.
Megha Rajagopalan • 3 months ago

A Bomb Was Detonated Outside The US Embassy In Beijing

"Other than the bomber, there were no injuries," an Embassy spokesperson said.
Megha Rajagopalan • 3 months ago

A College Apparently Tried To Reject A Student Because Of China's "Social Credit System"

People in China are criticizing the college, saying that it was unfairly punishing a high school student over his father's actions.
Megha Rajagopalan • 4 months ago

Is Any Election Safe? A Report Says Chinese Hackers Targeted Cambodian Politicians

The TEMP.Periscope group targeted Cambodian politicians, media, and major figures in the opposition, a report says.
Megha Rajagopalan • 4 months ago

They Thought They’d Left The Surveillance State Behind. They Were Wrong.

China is using its huge digital surveillance system, and the threat of sending family members to reeducation camps, to pressure minorities to spy on their fellow exiles.
Megha Rajagopalan • 4 months ago

An American Grad Student Has Been Jailed In Vietnam After Attending A Protest

William Nguyen, 32, from Houston was beaten and jailed at a demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City during a pregraduation trip. His family is campaigning for his release.
Megha Rajagopalan • 5 months ago

The US–North Korea Summit Is What You Get On A Planet Obsessed With Reality TV

The view from inside a truly surreal summit in Singapore.
Megha Rajagopalan • 5 months ago

Ivanka Trump Tweeted A "Chinese Proverb." But No One In China Is Sure If It Even Exists.

Those who tweet Chinese proverbs should not forget to research Chinese proverbs.
Megha Rajagopalan • 5 months ago

Trump Just Said The US Will End Its "War Games" With South Korea

The president called the joint military exercises "provocative," in a huge concession to North Korea.
Rose Troup Buchanan • 5 months ago

President Trump And Kim Jong Un Shook Hands In A Historic Meeting

The summit marks the first time a sitting US president has met with a leader from North Korea.
Megha Rajagopalan • 5 months ago

The US Will Reassure Kim Jong Un That Denuclearization Won't “End Badly” For Him, Pompeo Says

The secretary of state also said the US would not be "fooled" by North Korea, like previous administrations had been.
Megha Rajagopalan • 5 months ago

These Are The People Who'd Like To See Trump's Summit With Kim Fail

"If President Obama had done this, some of the same people who are praising the president would have just savaged him.”
Emily Tamkin • 5 months ago

A Kim Jong Un Impersonator Says He Was Detained For Hours In Singapore

"Howard X" told BuzzFeed News he now wants to visit the Trump–Kim summit venue itself — after authorities told him to stay away.
Matthew Champion • 5 months ago