Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology Is Reshaping Power, Politics, And Resistance

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By Steven Feldstein ’00

Published March 23, 2021

Using the Philippines, Ethiopia, and Thailand as case studies, Feldstein investigates how governments are using new technologies to repress dissent and maintain political control. By shining a spotlight on these governments’ various forms of surveillance and repression of speech, Feldstein makes a case for why their actions have major implications for modern democracies.

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PAW's July/August 2025 issue cover, featuring a photo of people dressed in orange and black, marching in the P-rade, and the headline: Reunions, Back in Orange & Black.
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On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.