by Communications Staff | Oct 2, 2025 | AI, China, Chinese Communist Party, digital subversion, Forum, Ideas
Authoritarian regimes worldwide are intensifying their crackdown on independent voices—silencing dissent, restricting access to information, and punishing those who refuse to conform. On September 18, NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies brought together courageous democracy defenders from Iran, Nicaragua, and Tibet to reveal how they are defying censorship and standing firm for free…
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by Forum Staff | Sep 21, 2025 | AI, China, Chinese Communist Party, digital subversion, Forum, Ideas
In China today, AI can censor a million online posts in less than a second and generate convincing propaganda at a keystroke. At the latest in the China Salon series of events hosted by the National Endowment for Democracy, experts warned that this fusion of artificial intelligence and authoritarian governance is redefining censorship, surveillance, and state control—not only within China’s…
