"... we also see the spread of really pernicious cybersecurity legislation, which is spread under the guise of protecting people online, but is really about enabling online censorship, so that people feel too scared to put messages online. And those processes, I think, have started to really erode the emancipatory potential of this technology."
#NicCheeseman, political scientist, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/fixing-democracy%3A-how-to-stop-election-rigging
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"And we risk going back to a point where this technology keeps governments in power, rather than undermining their ability to control their citizens."
#NicCheeseman, political scientist, 2025
https://www.ppfideas.com/episodes/fixing-democracy%3A-how-to-stop-election-rigging
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