Authoritarian regimes will combine technology and use of brute force
Authoritarian regimes have very strong police services. They will just have to combine strong cyber militias and traditional brute force street militias. Police will be trained to use the latest technology to identify and arrest dissidents, and will be able to maintain an atmosphere of fear.
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Technology: Oppressor or liberator? »Technology: Oppressor or liberator?
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ICT's capacity to spread democracy? »ICT's capacity to spread democracy?
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Cyber-utopianism »Cyber-utopianism
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Cyber-utopians understate the potential of Internet for repression »Cyber-utopians understate the potential of Internet for repression
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Governments are able to use Internet to strengthen their control »Governments are able to use Internet to strengthen their control
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Authoritarian regimes will combine technology and use of brute force
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This will be more and more expensive »This will be more and more expensive
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