In the context of the @DigitalCoup and #AuthoritarianTech, can we find an answer in #DemocraticTech? Something that goes beyond mere free/libre open source software, and combines #cooperativism and #commoning. Communities who govern their shared resources, and commit to shared responsibility.

I wrote an article about it, tracing the intellectual origins of the term "democratic technology", connecting to various intersectional critiques of the currently dominant model of surveillance capitalism from feminist, ecosocial perspectives.

Here's the article: https://freeknowledge.eu/democratic-technology-building-alternatives-to-techno-auhtoritarianism

Shanghai, China, offers a unique view of digital authoritarianism, popular resistance, and state capacity in the wake of the 2022 COVID-19 lockdown. Read our new report from Jinpu Wang and Yu Xiang.

#Covid #China #ChinaGovernment #resistance #community #authoritarianTech #WeChat

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00380237.2025.2533824

They don’t wear armbands.
They wear Patagonia.
They talk about "efficiency" and "governance"—
But it’s Yarvin’s neoreactionary vision crawling through their code.

Authoritarianism has a new face:
It looks like a founder.

Read the exposé:
http://cherokeeschill.com/2025/03/26/behind-the-code-curtis-yarvin-silicon-valley-and-the-authoritarian-pulse-guiding-ai/

#CurtisYarvin #Neoreaction #AIpolicy #TechCulture #AuthoritarianTech #SiliconValley #DigitalSurveillance #GovernanceByCode #PowerCoded #AIethics

When your body becomes the border.

https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/us-immigration-surveillance/

#authoritariantech #surveillance

Cyberpartisans,enceypted Belarusian authority’s databases and destroyed its archives! 🔥

#hacker #hactivist #authoritarianTech

https://www.codastory.com/authoritarian-tech/cyberpartisans-interview/