So bad: Over 600 documented assaults, killings etc. by 31 authoritarian states... in OTHER countries in recent years.

This #TransnationalRepression is regularly aided by surveillance tech, like spyware.

Essential essay by @abramowitz & @nateschenkkan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/freedom-house-transnational-repression-authoritarian-dissidents/?arc404=true
So bad: Over 600 documented assaults, killings etc. by 31 authoritarian states... in OTHER countries in recent years.This #TransnationalRepression is regularly aided by surveillance tech, like spyware.Essential essay by @abramowitz & @nateschenkkan https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/freedom-house-transnational-repression-authoritarian-dissidents/?arc404=true
So bad: Over 600 documented assaults, killings etc. by 31 authoritarian states... in OTHER countries in recent years.This #TransnationalRepression is regularly aided by surveillance tech, like spyware.Essential essay by @abramowitz & @nateschenkkan https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/02/03/freedom-house-transnational-repression-authoritarian-dissidents/?arc404=true
2/ When a repressive regime gets spyware, the next step is predictable: they start targeting perceived enemies around the world.

Here's Ethiopia after getting new hacking tech, per our @citizenlab investigation, led by colleague @billmarczak.

Report: https://citizenlab.ca/2017/12/champing-cyberbit-ethiopian-dissidents-targeted-commercial-spyware/
3/ Or #SaudiArabia which got spyware from #NSOGroup, then began infecting perceived opponents across the globe...

...like @NYTBen & critics like @oamaz7 in Canada, whom they also tried to lure to a Saudi embassy, recalling tactics used to murder #JamalKhashoggi
3/ Or #SaudiArabia which got spyware from #NSOGroup, then began infecting perceived opponents across the globe......like @NYTBen & critics like @oamaz7 in Canada, whom they also tried to lure to a Saudi embassy, recalling tactics used to murder #JamalKhashoggi
3/ Or #SaudiArabia which got spyware from #NSOGroup, then began infecting perceived opponents across the globe......like @NYTBen & critics like @oamaz7 in Canada, whom they also tried to lure to a Saudi embassy, recalling tactics used to murder #JamalKhashoggi
3/ Or #SaudiArabia which got spyware from #NSOGroup, then began infecting perceived opponents across the globe......like @NYTBen & critics like @oamaz7 in Canada, whom they also tried to lure to a Saudi embassy, recalling tactics used to murder #JamalKhashoggi
4/ Want to know more? I urge you to watch #TheDissident, a critical new documentary about the murder of #JamalKhashoggi

Full disclosure: I make a brief appearance. https://www.amazon.com/Dissident-Jamal-Kashoggi/dp/B08QTQFNT5
Watch The Dissident online - Prime Video

From Academy Award-Winning director Bryan Fogel (ICARUS), The Dissident is a critically acclaimed edge-of-your-seat, adrenaline-filled thriller that plays out at the highest levels of power, exposing...

https://www.amazon.com/Dissident-Jamal-Kashoggi/dp/B08QTQFNT5
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