"Over the past two decades, the Chinese government has been steadily refining their model of internet control using surveillance and censorship technologies domestically while promoting this approach to other nations under the banner of 'digital sovereignty'."
@interseclab, 2025
https://interseclab.org/research/the-internet-coup/
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#InternetGovernance #GreatFirewall #DigitalAuthoritarianism #GeedgeNetworks
This research reveals groundbreaking findings on how Geedge Networks is selling an extensive suite of next-generation digital repression tools to client governments around the world.
Authoritarian regimes once used parades and wars to distract citizens.
Today, they use feeds, bots, and algorithms.
Let’s unpack how digital diversion works — and why even democracies aren’t immune. 👇
📖 https://medium.com/@mohameddosou/the-digital-diversion-7098cc1d01d0
#DigitalAuthoritarianism #Disinformation #Democracy #Politics
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
https://www.authoritarian-stack.info
project led by Prof. Francesca Bria, xof-research.
#Democracy
#PrivatisedStateFunctions
#PlatformState
#SurveillanceCapitalism
#DataForTransparency
#WatchdogTech
#GovernmentTransparency
#CorporatePower
#StateCapture
#DigitalAuthoritarianism
#PoliticalTech
#FinancialFlows
#FollowTheMoney
#ResearchMatters
#StayInformed
#Europe
#DemocracyAtRisk
#PostDemocraticEra
The playbook is familiar: revoke a right, cite a model, call it “objective.” Next comes AItheism—the algorithm as god, doctrine by dashboard, heresy as “misinformation.”
The Life of Phi asks what we worship when certainty is cheap.
https://books2read.com/u/bWaAeD
#AIEthics #SpeculativeFiction #DigitalAuthoritarianism #CanLit
🚨 Russia escalates internet repression: New laws now penalize searching for “banned” content, not just sharing it.
VPNs are widely used, but legally risky.
Experts warn of next-level surveillance: DPI, AI, and possibly automated fines via SORM & Yarovaya laws.
🔗 Full breakdown here: ⬇️
https://www.technadu.com/russia-expands-internet-laws-to-restrict-searches-vpn-usage/605366/
#Russia #Privacy #Infosec #VPN #surveillance #DigitalAuthoritarianism #Censorship