Lumpenanalyst#democracy4idiots: " #Democracies...are beginning to repress their citizens with the same tools,& export them abroad. Two countries in particular—#India & #Israel—reveal how democracies are drifting toward the very digital authoritarianism they once opposed" https://phys.org/news/2026-06-exporting-spyware-surveilling-activists-democracies.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter
From exporting spyware to surveilling activists—how democracies became the new digital authoritarians
"Digital authoritarianism" refers to governments using technology for surveillance and censorship to repress dissent. China remains the master practitioner. There, sweeping surveillance and censorship at home is combined with cyber-espionage and disinformation, censorship and influence campaigns abroad.