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From exporting spyware to surveilling activists – how democracies became the new digital authoritarians
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The article examines how democratic governments are increasingly adopting surveillance and censorship technologies previously associated with authoritarian regimes, both domestically and through export of spyware and monitoring tools to other countries.
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.
But this problem is no longer confined to Moscow or Beijing. Democracies, too, are beginning to repress their citizens with the same tools, and export them abroad.
Two countries in particular –
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