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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)

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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

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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. 

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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)

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Tech Policy Is on the Front Line of Fascism vs. Democracy. Pick a Side.

Felix Mutati, MP, Zambia’s Minister of Technology and Science, in a 2025 photo. Earlier this week, Mutati announced the government would seek to ‘postpone’ RightsCon just days before it was set to begin. 

Felix Mutati, MP, Zambia’s Minister of Technology and Science, in a 2025 

 the government would seek to ‘postpone’ RightsCon just days before it was set to begin. 

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Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcoming ceremony for his Zambian counterpart Hakainde Hichilema at the square outside the east entrance of the Great Hall of the People before their talks in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 15, 2023. (Photo by Liu Weibing/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, April 17, 2026. (Official White House photo by Daniel Torok)

President Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Turning Point USA event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona on Friday, April 17, 2026. (Official White House 

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Illustration of doves flying on a red background

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Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp speaks during the Hill & Valley Forum at the US Capitol Visitor Center Auditorium in Washington, DC, on April 30, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

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HOHHOT, CHINA: A blood moon lights up the night sky during a total lunar eclipse on March 3, 2026 in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Wang Xiaobo/VCG via AP)

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Data and personal privacy issues, vector concept. Symbol of surveillance, security, theft

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Trumpeters play while activists light candles on frozen Lake Nokomis, spelling "ICE Out," on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)