Tim Bernard

Flock Safety camera at the intersection of West Sylvania Avenue and Homeville Circle in Toledo, Ohio. The ubiquity of Flock surveillance systems in the United States raises questions about privacy and data security. (Photo by Stephen Zenner / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Flock Safety camera at the intersection of West Sylvania Avenue and Homeville Circle in Toledo, Ohio. The ubiquity of Flock surveillance systems in the United States raises questions about privacy and data security. (Photo by Stephen Zenner / Sipa via AP Images)

Researchers Detail How AI Systems Can Enable Authoritarianism

Dean Jackson

BIDDEFORD, MAINE - JULY 15: A person observes a makeshift memorial for Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero, a 26-year-old Colombian immigrant who was fatally shot by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, on July 15, 2026 in Biddeford, Maine. Guerrero's death comes less than a week after federal immigration agents shot and killed 52-year-old Mexican national Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas. (Photo by Ryan Murphy/Getty Images)

ICE and the Architecture of Authoritarianism

Tayrine dos Santos Dias

Leandro Ucciferri

Spain fans gather for a rally on the eve of the World Cup final soccer match in New York's Times Square, Saturday, July 18, 2026 (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

The Silent World Cup Winners are the Companies Normalizing Surveillance

Velislava Hillman

Peter G. Kirchschlaeger

Two workers running inside a scroll wheel embedded in a computer mouse, controlled by a giant capitalist hand.

AI Lays Bare the Authoritarianism of Modern Work. Time to Rethink Education.

Marco Perolini

Daniel Joloy

An electoral official sits at a polling station before polls opened for the presidential runoff election in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Countering Authoritarian Disinformation Requires More than Platform Governance

Jenna Ruddock

Tear gas surrounds federal law enforcement officers as they leave a scene after a shooting on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Trump’s Crackdown on Dissent is Targeting Signal—and Zines

David Gantt

The Anthropic logo is displayed on a smartphone screen placed on a reflective surface onto which a company branding illustration is projected on June 2, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via AP)

Anthropic's Red Lines Are No Substitute for Public Law

Justin Hendrix

Elon Musk departs after a welcome ceremony with President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Apple CEO Tim Cook, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attend the welcome ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump by Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Thursday, May 14, 2026. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool Photo via AP)

Contemplating 'Muskism' and the Age of Trillionaires

Ana Sofia Harrison

Marlena Wisniak

At the invitation of President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin arrived in China for a state two-day visit in May 2024. Source

At the invitation of President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin arrived in China for a state two-day visit in May 2024. 

How AI is Powering Transnational Repression

Graffiti image in Paris, photographed March 2026, depicting Donald Trump riding piggyback on Elon Musk. Justin Hendrix/Tech Policy Press

Graffiti image in Paris, photographed March 2026. Justin Hendrix/Tech Policy Press

How to Confront the Threat of AI Dictatorship

The Mulungushi International Conference Center in the Zambian capital Lusaka, where global digital and human rights conference RightsCon was set to take place May 5-8. Shutterstock

The Mulungushi International Conference Center in the Zambian capital Lusaka, where global digital and human rights conference RightsCon was set to take place May 5-8. 

RightsCon Organizers Take Stock of What's Next After Zambia

Abstract illustration of surveillance in the sky over city streets. 

Countering Authoritarianism and the Rise of AI Dictatorships

Nathalie Maréchal

An upside-down US flag waves as people attend the 'People's State of the Union' rally near the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 2026. The event, hosted by the MoveOn organization, was billed as a boycott and livestream counterprogramming of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. (Photo by Bryan Dozier/NurPhoto via AP)