Category: digital authoritarianism

Global Influence Shifting From the UN to the World Economic Forum

June 23, 2022
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Commentary Is the World Economic Forum replacing the United Nations as the world’s most influential institution? When you compare the two in terms of power, influence, and location, it sure looks that way. The Post-War Liberal Economic Order Recall that the United States led the U.N. foundation in 1945 after the Second World War. The…

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Mark Zuckerberg, China, and Facebook’s Brave New World

August 4, 2021
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Commentary Back in 2014, as tech journalist Cate Cadell noted at the time, a 30-year-old Mark Zuckerberg “sent the internet into a frenzy” after agreeing to do a Q&A in Chinese at an event hosted by Tsinghua University. The performance, added Cadell, “drew mixed reviews.” Some were quick to praise Zuckerberg’s “persistence.” Others, meanwhile, were determined to pick apart…

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The IMF’s Message to the World: We Are All China Now

July 13, 2021
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Commentary The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) decision to ban bitcoin should have surprised absolutely no one. Imagine if turkeys ruled the world. Would anyone be surprised if they decided to ban Thanksgiving dinner? Of course not. As a decentralized, digital asset, Bitcoin posed a direct threat to Beijing’s own digital currency, the e-CNY. In reality, Bitcoin is much more than…

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