Beyond digital repression: techno-authoritarianism in radical right governments.
Over the past few years, governments have been using AI-based surveillance systems a crescent amount worldwide. Disguised as 'smart' methods for crime control, they have spread among democracies under the rule of radical right governments. Their employment, aligned with institutional and democratic...
| Publicado en: | Cogent Social Sciences Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 1 - 25 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec2025
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