EMERGING TECHNOLOGY & DEMOCRACY
A Curated List of Materials on Emerging Technology and Democracy from
the International Forum for Democratic Studies, Journal of Democracy,
and Center for International Media Assistance.
DIGITAL NORMS AND AUTHORITARIAN EXPLOITATION
Data-Centric Authoritarianism: How China’s Development of Frontier Technologies Could Export Repression, International Forum for Democratic Studies, February 2025
https://www.ned.org/data-centric-authoritarianism-how-chinas-development-of-frontier-technologies-could-globalize-repression-2/
How are Cybercrime Laws Weaponized to Legalize Repression?, International Forum for Democratic Studies, December 2024
https://www.ned.org/big-question-how-are-cybercrime-laws-weaponized-to-legalize-repression-2/
Defending Democratic Norms in Global Tech Governance, International Forum for Democratic Studies and Center for International Media Assistance, December 2024
https://www.ned.org/defending-democratic-norms-in-global-tech-governance/
Getting Ahead of Digital Repression: Authoritarian Innovation and Democratic Response, International Forum for Democratic Studies and Hoover Institution, September 2024
https://www.ned.org/getting-ahead-of-digital-repression-authoritarian-innovation-and-democratic-response/
The Authoritarian Data Problem, Journal of Democracy, October 2023
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/907695
The Digitalization of Democracy: How Technology Is Changing Government Accountability, International Forum for Democratic Studies, March 2023
Smart Cities and Democratic Vulnerabilities, International Forum for Democratic Studies, December 2022
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Smart-Cities-and-Democratic-Vulnerabilities.pdf
Double-Edged Sword: China’s Sharp Power Exploitation of Emerging Technologies, International Forum for Democratic Studies, April 2021
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Double-Edged-Sword-Chinas-Sharp-Power-Exploitation-of-Emerging-Technologies-Hoffman-April-2021.pdf
Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Norms: Meeting the Authoritarian Challenge, International Forum for Democratic Studies, August 2020
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Artificial-Intelligence-Democratic-Norms-Meeting-Authoritarian-Challenge-Wright.pdf
The Cutting Edge of Sharp Power, Journal of Democracy, January 2020
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-cutting-edge-of-sharp-power/
SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY IMPACTS
Digital IDs and Coercion in China and Venezuela, International Forum for Democratic Studies, June 2024
https://www.power3point0.org/2024/06/13/digital-ids-and-coercion-in-china-and-venezuela-a-conversation-with-iria-puyosa-and-valentin-weber/
The Global Struggle Over AI Surveillance: Emerging Trends and Democratic Responses, International Forum for Democratic Studies, June 2022
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Global-Struggle-Over-AI-Surveillance-Emerging-Trends-Democratic-Responses.pdf
Subversion Inc: The Age of Private Espionage, Journal of Democracy, April 2022
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/subversion-inc-the-age-of-private-espionage/
China’s Tech Enhanced Authoritarianism, Journal of Democracy, April 2022
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/chinas-tech-enhanced-authoritarianism/
Spyware: An Unregulated and Escalating Threat to Independent Media, Center for International Media Assistance, August 2021
https://www.cima.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CIMA_Spyware-Report_web_150ppi.pdf
The Road to Digital Unfreedom: President Xi’s Surveillance State, Journal of Democracy, January 2019
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the-road-to-digital-unfreedom-president-xis-surveillance-state/
GOVERNING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Why DeepSeek is So Dangerous, Journal of Democracy, March 2025
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclusive/why-deepseek-is-so-dangerous/
Leveraging AI for Democracy: Civic Innovation on the New Digital Playing Field, International Forum for Democratic Studies, October 2024
https://www.ned.org/leveraging-ai-for-democracy-civic-innovation-on-the-new-digital-playing-field/
Manufacturing Deceit: How Generative AI Supercharges Information Manipulation, International Forum for Democratic Studies, June 2024
https://www.ned.org/manufacturing-deceit-how-generative-ai-supercharges-information-manipulation/
Setting Democratic Ground Rules for AI: Civil Society Strategies, International Forum for Democratic Studies, October 2023
https://www.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/NED_Setting-Democratic-Ground-Rules-for-AI-Report_v6.pdf
Reimagining Democracy for AI, Journal of Democracy, October 2023
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/907697
AI and Catastrophic Risk, Journal of Democracy, October 2023
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/907692
How AI Threatens Democracy, Journal of Democracy, October 2023
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/907693
The Danger of Runaway AI, Journal of Democracy, October 2023
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/907694
AI’s Economic Peril, Journal of Democracy, October 2023
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/907696
Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Journal of Democracy, April 2019
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/artificial-intelligence-and-human-rights/
DIGITAL PLATFORMS & DEMOCRACY
Why TikTok Is a Threat to Democracy, Journal of Democracy, October 2022
https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/why-tiktok-is-a-threat-to-democracy/
Making Big Tech Pay for the News They Use, Center for International Media Assistance, July 2022
https://www.cima.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/CIMA-Digital-Taxation-Report_web_150ppi-1.pdf
Private Gatekeepers: Encrypted Messaging Apps and News Audiences, Center for International Media Assistance, February 2022
https://www.cima.ned.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/CIMA_EMA-Report_web_150ppi.pdf
The Future of Platform Power: Fixing the Business Model, Journal of Democracy, July 2021
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/797793
Making the Internet Safe for Democracy, Journal of Democracy, April 2021
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/787834
