Authoritarian Nations Are Turning the Internet Into a Weapon

From Twitter’s spies to complete shutdowns, repressive regimes are using A.I. and VPN fingerprinting to silence their critics

MORGAN MEAKER
OneZero
Published in
6 min readDec 10, 2019

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WWhen two former Twitter employees were charged with spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia in November 2019, the case spotlighted the new and inventive ways…

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MORGAN MEAKER
OneZero

British Journalist. Mostly human rights in Europe and the Middle East. Working with @Guardian @Reuters @BBC etc