How Venezuela became a model for digital authoritarianism
By
Iria Puyosa, Andrés Azpúrua, Daniel Suárez Pérez
As Venezuelans head to the polls on July 28, the massive online surveillance apparatus developed under incumbent Nicolás Maduro watches street video, monitors social media and phone communications, and gathers data from online movements. What's behind this digital repression—and will it spread?