Democracies can either defend rights in the digital age, or drift into complicity as the architects of a new, global authoritarianism enabled by AI.
- Research Fellow, Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
Low-cost Chinese-made AI could outcompete premium US models – and it won’t be an accident.
There’s a risk of a slide towards digital authoritarianism as Australia responds to these growing threats.
Authoritarian nations are using new tactics, from emotional manipulation to digital surveillance, to sway diaspora attitudes in their favour.
One Nation has built on the racism of its original anti-Asian platform by linking Australia’s secular society to its Christian origins and presenting Islam as incompatible with this way of life.
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