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Louisville, KY (PRWEB) December 06, 2022 -- Digital technology is playing a growing role in advancing political repression across the globe, a trend that

Digital technology is advancing political repression across the globe, posing a threat to the world's democracies, says the scholar named winner of the 2023 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.

Last summer, OHCHR released a report detailing China’s oppression in Xinjiang Province, driven in part by a network of surveillance.

As the world faces a democratic recession, many of the most common explanations fall short. But looking more closely at antidemocratic leaders’ motivations and methods reveals valuable insights about different types of backsliding and how international actors should respond.

Many crucial decisions have yet to be made, such as who will lead these new entities and how they will balance competing priorities in their bid to elevate digital policy in the State Department.

As governments find more effective ways to carry out internet shutdowns, citizens and democracies need more effective ways to combat them.

The U.S. is cracking down on international spyware. The new twist? The spyware companies are headquartered in allied nations. "These tools are allegedly used in a way that raises a human rights issue for the U.S. government." 

The Bangladeshi government has used a vaguely worded law on digital security to crack down on its critics and dispel online dissent.

The Bangladeshi government has used a vaguely worded law on digital security to crack down on its critics and dispel online dissent.

An interview with Steven Feldstein, author of The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance. The book offers a compelling record of how anti-democratic leaders harness powerful technology to advance their political objectives.