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Record Nr.

UNINA9910717322103321

Autore

Cebul Matthew

Titolo

Digital authoritarianism and nonviolent action : challenging the digital counterrevolution / / by Matthew Cebul and Jonathan Pinckney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : United States Institute of Peace, , 2021

©2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (23 pages) : color illustrations

Collana

Special report / United States Institute of Peace ; ; No.499

Soggetti

Protest movements - Prevention - Technological innovations

Social control - Technological innovations

Electronic surveillance - Prevention

Authoritarianism - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"July 2021."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-22).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. -- Two challenges for nonviolent action. -- China revolutionizes digital autocracy. -- Russia wages information warfare. -- Recommendations for policymakers and activists.

Sommario/riassunto

Nonviolent action campaigns are one of the most common ways citizens seek to peacefully change nonresponsive political systems. Yet recently developed and emergent technologies are transforming the nature of interactions between activists and authoritarian governments. This report examines the increasingly sophisticated set of tools--such as facial recognition and surveillance of social media platforms--authoritarian regimes are using to stifle nonviolent movements, and provides recommendations for how policymakers and activists can develop creative strategies for overcoming digital authoritarianism.