#43 - The Digitization of State Repression - w/ Steven Feldstein

<p>In this episode, Senior Fellow <a href="https://stevenjfeldstein.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Steven Feldstein</a>&nbsp;of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program discusses his new book, <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-rise-of-digital-repression-9780190057497?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance</a>, with Forum Affiliate&nbsp;<a href="https://sites.uw.edu/uwpoliticaleconomy/morgan-wack-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Morgan Wack</a>. The conversation touches on the recent spread and use of digital repression technologies around the world. Rooted in Steven’s own research, the episode and the book detail the real world consequences of extant technologies while debating the impending consequences of AI and big data while providing a look at active forms of resistance being undertaken by governments and civil society actors.</p>