Protest technology and the new digital Cold War
All across the world, state-of-the-art digital technology is being deployed to get huge numbers of people out onto the streets. But who’s really pulling the strings?
We are in the midst of a new technological revolution which started with the invention of the internet, the world’s biggest copying machine, and its enhancement through smartphones. It has impacted politics and culture across the world, and has been effectively taken up by protest movements amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.
Whether we are witnessing a new revolutionary era remains hard to know but, from Hong Kong to the United States and many other countries, technology is being used to mobilise protesters. The question is, who is pulling the ...
