Outsourcing surveillance: online opinion management in china
Auteur :
Ong, Lynette / Nie, Huihua / Lee, Jesslene
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009631990
Date de publication :
30 avr. 2026
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The digital age has afforded autocrats new technologies of control, allowing it to co-opt, pre-empt and repress dissent. This Element mentions that based on an analysis of 3,000 public procurement documents, and elite interviews with stakeholders, the Chinese state has outsourced the functions of online surveillance to corporations.