The lowdown: In this Bankless deep dive, Steven Feldstein (Carnegie) shows how modern authoritarian regimes have supercharged their surveillance game—from facial-recognition cameras and spyware to algorithmic censorship, AI-powered policing, and even predictive war tools. We jet through Nepal’s protest scene, unpack China’s mega-censorship stack, explore the booming global spyware trade, and peek at how financial repression and social-credit systems extend state power (with crypto sometimes sneaking in as a cheeky escape hatch).
What’s next: We also spotlight the vendors behind these tools (yes, democracies borrow the same tech), track the AI arms race in repression, and map how these tactics spread (Iran = copy-cat central). Finally, Feldstein shares real-world resistance playbooks—think freedom-tech hacks and crypto workarounds—to help civil society push back.
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