The growing threat of digital repression is a focus of The Journal of Democracy’s January 2019 issue—available free of charge through 15 February 2019 on Project Muse:
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An overview essay by Larry Diamond outlines the ways in which new technologies are threatening to undermine democracy, and even to foster “postmodern totalitarianism”;
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Ronald J. Deibert explores the “personal-data surveillance economy” underlying social media;
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Steven Feldstein highlights the dangers posed by the proliferation and abuse of artificial intelligence;
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Xiao Qiang explains how Chinese authorities are harnessing advanced digital technologies to build a comprehensive system of monitoring and control.
