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

Author/creator Cebul, Matthew author.
Other author Pinckney, Jonathan C., author.
Format Electronic
PublicationWashington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2021.
Copyright Date©2021
Description1 online resource (23 pages) : color illustrations.
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo158818
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SeriesSpecial report / United States Institute of Peace ; No.499
Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; No.499. ^A469213
Contents Introduction. -- Two challenges for nonviolent action. -- China revolutionizes digital autocracy. -- Russia wages information warfare. -- Recommendations for policymakers and activists.
Abstract 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.
General note"July 2021."
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 19-22).
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from PDF cover page (USIP, viewed August 23 , 2021).
GPO item number1063-K-16 (online)
Govt. docs number Y 3.P 31:20/499

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