by Erin Crawford | Apr 17, 2026 | Boston University
BackgroundDemocratic backsliding is often portrayed as being the result of solely or primarily an executive using their executive power and influence to consolidate power and weaken institutions as a factor, while this is in fact the case in many instances,...
by Luis Sierra | Apr 29, 2019 | University of Chicago
Since President Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, China has significantly increased controls over its already censored cyberspace. With the introduction of the social credit system which is aiming by 2020 to be able to standardize the assessment of citizens’ and...
by Lukas McMahon | Oct 12, 2017 | Boston University
A free, liberal democracy should not spy on its citizens. But the United States does, and it may continue to indefinitely, which puts its citizens at risk of persecution — especially with the rise of American populism. A bi-partisan coalition of 12 representatives...
by Bradly Knox | Oct 10, 2017 | University of Memphis
“No system of mass surveillance has existed in any society that we know of to this point that has not been abused.” Edward Snowden Introduction The first step in combating a top-down oppressive surveillance state is to start at ground zero. The...
