A new Publication is out: COVID-19 and digital authoritarianism: Identifying risks and countermeasures

Ahmed Maati highlights three characteristics of digital technologies that render them susceptible to authoritarianism: the far-reaching capabilities of these technologies, their entrenchment in a reinforcing ecosystem, and the general lack of literacy regarding digital technologies. He emphasizes that this development grants democracies an opportunity to raise awareness of digital technologies’ dangerous capabilities and their authoritarian-friendly ecosystem.