October 23, 2026

How Generative AI is Scaling Transnational Repression

Kate Pundyk, Siena Anstis, and Marcus Michaelsen write about the rise of AI-enabled digital transnational repression in their piece for Just Security.

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October 22, 2026

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Kate Pundyk

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Siena Anstis

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Kate Pundyk, Siena Anstis, and Marcus Michaelsen write about the rise of AI-enabled digital transnational repression in their piece for Just Security. The use of AI models to identify, monitor, and target diaspora activists and exiled dissidents around the world demonstrates how the misuse of technology produced by companies like Anthropic can have an adverse impact on human rights.



Originally published on Citizen Lab