Earlier this year, Rest of World set out to document the myriad ways that religious believers are using new technologies in their daily practices. The result is our new illustrated storybook collection, Digital Divinity. Start reading: restofworld.org/series/digit...

Digital Divinity

Ancient traditions meet modern technology.

About 85% of Bluesky’s new users since August 30, when X was banned, have come from Brazil. But right-wing Brazilian politicians are still gaining support on X. restofworld.org/2024/brazil-...restofworld.org/2024/brazil-...

Brazil banned X. Right-wing politicians are still using it

Echoing Elon Musk, the politicians claim they are defending free speech.

Extreme weather is forcing delivery workers in Vietnam to make nearly impossible decisions: Do you try to power through dangerous conditions, or log off without pay? Watch our new video: restofworld.org/2024/gig-wor...

Extreme weather is making life harder for Vietnam’s delivery riders

From intensive heat to flood risks, climate change has made the working lives of hundreds of thousands of gig workers harder and more dangerous, so many are banding together to help their communities ...

Brazil’s Indigenous creators are trying to celebrate their culture, but they keep getting in trouble because their traditional outfits violate social media nudity bans restofworld.org/2024/youtube...restofworld.org/2024/youtube...

Indigenous creators are clashing with YouTube’s and Instagram’s sensitive content bans

Deep in the heartlands of Brazil, Indigenous creators are having to censor themselves to avoid getting banned on social platforms.

Com conservadorismo evangélico crescendo no Brasil, Youtubers cristãos populares estão propagando sentimento anti-esquerda para seus milhões de seguidores restofworld.org/2024/brazil-...

[Traduzido] Evangélicos conservadores usam mídias sociais para influenciar eleições no Brasil

A popularidade do conteúdo evangélico, que muitas vezes amplifica as críticas ao partido no poder, poderá desempenhar um papel importante durante as eleições municipais de Outubro.

Meanwhile on X, networks of bots trying to influence elections are running wild restofworld.org/2024/twitter...

Elon Musk said he’d eliminate bots from X. Instead, election influence campaigns are running wild

In a year of global elections, X is making it easy to meddle.

Think you know what the world wants for dinner? restofworld.org/2024/quiz-gl...

Quiz: How well do you know global food delivery?

Test your knowledge of the world’s favorite delivery apps and most-ordered dishes.

Beauticians in revolt: A year after women staged mass protests against the job conditions at India’s most popular home services app, female gig workers face a tough present and a highly uncertain future Watch our new video collaboration with Context: restofworld.org/2024/gig-wor...

India’s women gig workers fight for a better future

A year after after mass protests, Urban Company gig workers struggle with harsh job conditions, but continue to battle for their rights.

“I have never felt so helpless in my life” Bangladesh’s tech industry has come to a halt as the nationwide internet blackouts continue, leaving thousands of companies with financial and reputational losses, and workers feeling helpless restofworld.org/2024/banglad...

Bangladesh’s internet blackout immobilizes its booming tech industry

The government and internet service providers blame each other for the blackout amid massive protests.

Digital art or the future of copyright violations? The AI musician who made his name with a Bad Bunny imitation wants to be taken seriously restofworld.org/2024/ai-song...

The AI artist who used Bad Bunny’s voice — and shot to fame

Meet the Chilean artist who made it big using others’ voices.