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The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance

2023/7/28
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What happens when authoritarianism expands into online environments? A form of digital repression takes shape. But what does that actually look like? What are the specific ways that authoritarian regimes use new technologies to control their populations? And how are resistance groups adapting to overcome digital repression? This episode addresses those questions as hosts Matt Moellering and Adam Darnley-Stuart are joined by Steven Feldstein), author of the book The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance), and John Tullius), who retired from the CIA in 2019 and now teaches classes on intelligence at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Intro music: "Unsilenced)" by Ketsa)

Outro music: "Launch)" by Ketsa)

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