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How authoritarian states are building an international market for digital surveillance

The source describes authoritarian states developing a cross-border market for digital surveillance through exchanges of technologies, standards, and practices.

2008 Computex: Digital surveillance solution by PixelView.
Illustrative image: 2008 Computex: Digital surveillance solution by PixelView. — Rico Shen/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Why it matters

The account identifies international exchange as a factor in the development of digital authoritarianism.

Categories: geopolitics-and-conflicts, politics-and-governance, technology

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Confidence
5/10
Geographic reach
6/10
Global importance
4/10
Impact magnitude
2/10
Positivity
3/10
Urgency
1/10

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