02447oam 2200469 450 991071732210332120210825085844.0(CKB)25434378900041(OCoLC)1264670857(EXLCZ)992543437890004120210823h20212021 ua 0engurc||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDigital authoritarianism and nonviolent action challenging the digital counterrevolution /by Matthew Cebul and Jonathan PinckneyWashington, DC :United States Institute of Peace,2021.©20211 online resource (23 pages) color illustrationsSpecial report / United States Institute of Peace ;No.499"July 2021."Includes bibliographical references (pages 19-22).Introduction. -- Two challenges for nonviolent action. -- China revolutionizes digital autocracy. -- Russia wages information warfare. -- Recommendations for policymakers and activists.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.Protest movementsPreventionTechnological innovationsSocial controlTechnological innovationsElectronic surveillancePreventionAuthoritarianismPreventionProtest movementsPreventionTechnological innovations.Social controlTechnological innovations.Electronic surveillancePrevention.AuthoritarianismPrevention.Cebul Matthew1391932Pinckney Jonathan C.DIDDIDGPOBOOK9910717322103321Digital authoritarianism and nonviolent action3446078UNINA