Authors say generative AI is scaling transnational repression
Original title: How Generative AI is Scaling Transnational Repression
A Just Security piece argues models are used to identify, monitor, and target diaspora activists and exiles.
Citizen Lab pointed to an October 22, 2026 Just Security piece by Kate Pundyk, Siena Anstis, and Marcus Michaelsen on AI-enabled digital transnational repression. The blurb says AI models are used to identify, monitor, and target diaspora activists and exiled dissidents. It cites misuse of technology from companies such as Anthropic as harmful to human rights. No specific model, country, or incident is named.
Unconfirmed: The blurb is the authors' argument and does not document a specific campaign, model, or victim.
- The piece was published on October 22, 2026 in Just Security.
- Authors are Kate Pundyk, Siena Anstis, and Marcus Michaelsen.
- Anthropic is named as an example of a company whose technology can be misused.
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Kate Pundyk, Siena Anstis, and Marcus Michaelsen write about the rise of AI-enabled digital transnational repression in their piece for Just Security. The post How Generative AI is Scaling Transnational Repression appeared first on The Citizen Lab.
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