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ECPR Digital Authoritarianism Research Network

@digitalaut-ecpr.bsky.social

📣 Call for #ecprgc25
🔔We invite paper proposals interlinking #gender #socialreproduction and #digitalauthoritarianism
🔗https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/Content?ID=1482&EventID=269
📆 Deadline: January 6
🪑 Ülker Sözen [email protected]
@ecpr.bsky.social

December 13, 2024 at 10:23 AM Everybody can reply

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ECPR Digital Authoritarianism Research Network

@digitalaut-ecpr.bsky.social

We look forward to paper & panel proposals for our session on #digitalauthoritarianism at ECPR General Conference in Thessaloniki, 26-29 August.
⏱️ Deadline for proposals: January 6
@ecpr.bsky.social
✅gen AI
✅comparative approaches
✅social reproduction & gender
✅big data
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Digital Authoritarianism

European Consortium for Political Research

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December 5, 2024 at 12:09 PM Everybody can reply

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Marie Lamensch

@marielamensch.bsky.social

Myanmar enforces its drastic cybersecurity law. The military can now regulate VPNs and access to news from banned media outlets. The law also mandates prison terms of up to six months
www.nationthailand.com/news/asean/4... #Myanmar #DigitalAuthoritarianism

Myanmar enforces cybersecurity law effective January 1

Reports state that the cybersecurity law, enacted on January 1, includes measures targeting unauthorized online gambling systems, VPN establishment, and VPN service provision.

www.nationthailand.com

January 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM Everybody can reply

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ECPR Digital Authoritarianism Research Network

@digitalaut-ecpr.bsky.social

📣 Call for #ecprgc25
🔔We invite paper proposals on #GenAI and #digitalauthoritarianism
🔗https://ecpr.eu/Events/Event/Content?ID=1482&EventID=269
📅Deadline: January 6
🪑 @hosseinkermani.bsky.social
@ecpr.bsky.social

December 14, 2024 at 1:34 PM Everybody can reply

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freedombrigade.bsky.social

@freedombrigade.bsky.social

There can be no redemption

#CrimesOfPower
#AuthoritarianPlaybook
#WeaponizedLoyalty
#DigitalAuthoritarianism

March 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM Everybody can reply

✨🌈 Home of Digital Rights Defenders

@teamcommunity.bsky.social

The DRAPACs third edition is happening on August 26 and 27 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Diverse stakeholders will combat rising #DigitalAuthoritarianism in the region by collaboratively shaping rights-based #DigitalGovernance.

DRAPAC25 Kuala Lumpur – Digital Rights in Asia-Pacific

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April 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM Everybody can reply

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Tony Roberts

@phatcontroller.bsky.social

What is African about digital citizenship in Africa (and is essentially digital?). Great review of the book Digital Citizenship in Africa by Chega Ataguba in African Studies Review. #DigitalRights #DigitalCitizenship #DigitalAuthoritarianism www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Tanja Bosch and Tony Roberts, eds. Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression. London: Zed Books, 2023. 227 pp. Illustrations. Index. $43.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-1-350-32445-9. ...

Tanja Bosch and Tony Roberts, eds. Digital Citizenship in Africa: Technologies of Agency and Repression. London: Zed Books, 2023. 227 pp. Illustrations. Index. $43.95. Paper. ISBN: 978-1-350-32445-9.

www.cambridge.org

May 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM Everybody can reply

The Decolonial Observer

@unseenbeacon.bsky.social

When a monk chants under biometric watch...
When a prayer mat triggers detention...
When a native tongue becomes contraband...
This isn’t national security.
This is systemic erasure—digitally enforced.
#DigitalAuthoritarianism #MinorityVoices #PressSuppression

June 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM Everybody can reply

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Aldo Grech

@aldogrech.bsky.social

⚡️ Breaking: While experts write essays about voter dissatisfaction, AI systems are quietly building the perfect ecosystem for authoritarianism. #Democracy #AIThreat #DigitalAuthoritarianism

December 22, 2024 at 5:17 PM Everybody can reply

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The Decolonial Observer

@unseenbeacon.bsky.social

1/ The West loudly brands China the “authoritarian threat,” yet quietly clings to Chinese supply chains and economic ties. Hypocrisy? No, systemic self-interest masquerading as moral outrage. #DigitalAuthoritarianism #EconomicColonialism

August 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM Everybody can reply

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Beyond the Horizon

@behorizon.org

From cybersecurity to economic resilience, and from political loyalty to geopolitical assertiveness, China’s 2025 white paper marks a turning point in the country’s vision of internal and external security.

#GlobalSecurity #DigitalAuthoritarianism #ChinaPolicy #NationalSecurity #GlobalOrder

May 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM Everybody can reply

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Tony Roberts

@phatcontroller.bsky.social

Automating Deportation. Palantir's evil plan revealed to help ICE target people for mass deportations.
#DigitalAuthoritarianism

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · Apr 17

New from 404 Media: we've obtained a leak from inside Palantir describing Palantir's plan to help ICE find people to deport. Includes peoples' location. Palantir is expecting a backlash, preparing comments for employees to tell their family. Says ICE "mature partner"

www.404media.co/leaked-palan...

Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People

Internal Palantir Slack chats and message boards obtained by 404 Media show the contracting giant is helping find the location of people flagged for deportation, that Palantir is now a “more mature pa...

www.404media.co

April 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM Everybody can reply

The Decolonial Observer

@unseenbeacon.bsky.social

Azerbaijan flexes in Karabakh.
Turkey echoes Ottoman dreams.
That nation in South Asia talks nukes.
But none lifted a finger for Palestine.
Paper powers in a plastic alliance.
#MilitarizedNationalism #FreePalestine #DigitalAuthoritarianism

June 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM Everybody can reply

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ECPR Digital Authoritarianism Research Network

@digitalaut-ecpr.bsky.social

📣 Excited for the upcoming #ecprgc25 in Thessaloniki on 26-29 August. We will be joining with 7 panels and a network meeting.
👁‍🗨 Check #DigitalAuthoritarianism Section panels here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
@ecpr.bsky.social

Digital Authoritarianism

European Consortium for Political Research

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August 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM Everybody can reply

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💙PeanutsChoice 💙

@peanuts.citizenofeurope.com

The technical term the #U.S is currently in.

• #Neocameralism
• #CurtisYarvin
• #DarkEnlightenment
• #PostDemocracy

• #DemocracyUnderThreat
• #TechElites
• #Disinformation
• #FarRightWatch
• #DigitalAuthoritarianism
• #Project2025
• #FreedomVsControl
#MAGA #Trumpworld

A beige-toned educational graphic titled “Word of the Day” defines “NeoCameralism” in a bold serif font. The text explains that NeoCameralism is a system, originally proposed by Dark Enlightenment philosopher Curtis Yarvin and inspired by Prussian cameralism, in which a state functions as a business that owns a country.

June 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM Everybody can reply

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The Decolonial Observer

@unseenbeacon.bsky.social

Monks chant under biometric watch.
Prayer mats trigger detention.
Native tongues = contraband.
This isn’t “security.”
It’s digital erasure.
#DigitalAuthoritarianism #MinorityVoices #PressSuppression

June 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM Everybody can reply

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Foundation DAHRD

@dahrd.bsky.social

Our next expert for the #WeekAgainstRacism✊🏾 is Dr. Sangeeta Mahapatra, research fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA). Her foci include #DigitalAuthoritarianism, #DigitalPolitics, #AI + #InternetGovernance. Read more in the photo

RSVP 👉🏾 dezwijger.nl/programma/ex...

March 5, 2025 at 8:33 AM Everybody can reply

TechNadu

@technadu.com

👉 Do you think exporting surveillance tech should be regulated like arms trade? How will this reshape the future of global internet governance?

Full article: www.technadu.com/geedge-netwo...

#CyberSecurity #Privacy #DigitalAuthoritarianism #GreatFirewall

Geedge Networks Linked to China's Great Firewall Export

Geedge Networks is involved in exporting China's Great Firewall tech to autocratic regimes, raising concerns about digital authoritarianism.

www.technadu.com

September 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM Everybody can reply

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European Hub for Contemporary China

@eh4s.eu

🌟 Key Takeaways from “The Logic of China’s AI Regulation and Its Implications for the EU” ✍️ by Łukasz Gacek

🎥 Watch the video for highlights.

📖 Read the full paper here: eh4s.eu/publication/...

#EH4S #AIRegulation #ChinaTech #DigitalAuthoritarianism

October 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM Everybody can reply

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MindTempest

@elusiveminds.bsky.social

• #Neocameralism
• #CurtisYarvin
• #DarkEnlightenment
• #PostDemocracy

• #DemocracyUnderThreat
• #TechElites
• #Disinformation
• #FarRightWatch
• #DigitalAuthoritarianism
• #Project2025

• #PoliticalTheory
• #GovernanceModels
• #Libertarianism
• #ReactionaryPolitics
• #PowerStructures

June 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM Everybody can reply

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TabsWorld

@tabithaspeaks.bsky.social

🚨 Palantir just partnered with OpenAI. That’s Peter Thiel + military surveillance + ChatGPT… all in 1 pipeline.

If Trump & Vance win, this isn’t just tech—it’s infrastructure for authoritarianism.

#AI #Palantir #OpenAI #PeterThiel #JDVance #SurveillanceState #DigitalAuthoritarianism #ShiningALight

June 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM Everybody can reply

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Robert C. Fried (Bob Fried)

@robertcfried.bsky.social

#AI #Argentina #CryptoEconomy #DigitalAuthoritarianism #ElSalvador #GlobalPolitics #HumanRights #Innovation #Israel #NetworkState #SaudiArabia #TechEthics #TechFascism #TechPower #TechSurveillance #VentureCapital

June 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM Everybody can reply

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Stratheia

@stratheia.bsky.social

China is regulating AI with a national security lens. Algorithms that influence opinion or mobilize people must now be registered. Different rules, same race.
#AIChina #DigitalAuthoritarianism #AI
stratheia.com/ai-without-b...

AI Without Borders? Governing Amid Global Fragmentation - Stratheia

Global AI rules are diverging, can ethical convergence prevent tech balkanization and shape a fairer digital future?

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June 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM Everybody can reply

Josef Mühlbauer

@josefmuehlbauer.bsky.social

We are live on #cognitivewarfare #ai #propaganda #geopolitics #criticalminerals #jpu #digitalauthoritarianism with the great schoolar @sangeetamptra

m.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMC...

What is Digital Authoritarianism? - Sangeeta Mahapatra (237)

YouTube video by VIPR - Varna Peace Institute

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April 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM Everybody can reply

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