
Censorship Deals, Deepfake Hires, Mass Surveillance
A landmark US censorship settlement, deepfake job candidates, Canada expanding police surveillance powers, and Nigeria buying mass AI monitoring. This is how information gets weaponised right now.
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A landmark US censorship settlement, deepfake job candidates, Canada expanding police surveillance powers, and Nigeria buying mass AI monitoring. This is how information gets weaponised right now.

Chile's MEPCO fuel stabilization fund ran out of money at $200 million per week. Starting March 26, diesel jumps 60% and gasoline 30% — triggering panic buying across the country. What happens when the buffer breaks.

Chinese customs data shows zero gallium and germanium exports to Japan in early 2026. Beijing calls it national security. Tokyo calls it economic coercion. Same metals, same data, two completely different stories.

Someone bet $580 million that oil would fall 15 minutes before Trump claimed Iran talks. Then Iran denied everything. Here's what the timeline reveals.

China banned diesel and gasoline exports in March 2026, cutting off Southeast Asia's backup fuel supply. Laos shortened its school week, Myanmar rations by license plate, and 2,000 Cambodian gas stations shut — here's the cascade nobody in Washington is talking about.

The FDA now needs just one clinical trial to approve drugs — while losing 40% of its oncology reviewers. What happens when faster approvals meet fewer people to review them?
GeoBarta delivers AI-summarised news in 60 seconds, organised by geography. Albis measures how different regions frame the same story. We ran the Iran-Hormuz crisis through both — here's what each one catches and misses.
The IEA just made its largest emergency oil release ever — one-third of all public reserves. Here's the math on what's left, who runs out first, and why there's no Plan B.
An Iranian lawmaker confirmed $2M transit fees on state TV. Hours later, Iran's government called the claim unfounded. Turkish media says nine ships already paid. Here's what each version reveals.
Over 110 AI deepfakes with pro-Iran messaging identified in two weeks. How artificial intelligence is weaponising information in the 2026 Iran conflict.
Paris prosecutors suspect Elon Musk deliberately encouraged Grok's explicit deepfake controversy to boost X and xAI's value before the $1.25 trillion SpaceX-xAI IPO.
Oil hit $112/barrel but Indian petrol pumps haven't moved. OMCs are bleeding ₹15/litre. Four state elections explain why — and 4 billion people have no idea.