The rise of digital repression : how technology is reshaping power, politics, and resistance / Steven Feldstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feldstein, Steven, author.

Series:

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Oxford scholarship online.

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technology and state.

Political persecution.

Authoritarianism.

Social media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Advances in artificial intelligence, mass surveillance, disinformation, facial recognition, and censorship are transforming how authoritarian leaders advance their repressive agendas. This is leading to a fundamental reshaping of the relationship between citizen and state. In 'The Rise of Digital Repression', Steven Feldstein presents new field research from Thailand, the Philippines, and Ethiopia to hightlight how governments pursue digital strategies of repression based on a range of factors: ongoing levels of repression, leadership, state capacity, and technological development.

Contents:

Introduction

Motivations and Incentives for Digital Repression

Global Patterns of Digital Repression

Thailand's Strategy of Control

Social Manipulation and Disinformation in the Philippines

Transformation and Setbacks in Ethiopia

How Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Are Transforming Repression

Responding to Digital Repression.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-005751-3

0-19-005752-1

0-19-005750-5

OCLC:

1245671651