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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

February 13, 2026

Synthetic dissidents: how AI protects dissent under repression

Michal Malý Michal Malý and Asker Bryld Staunæs argue that synthetic dissidents mark a new form of opposition politics. In authoritarian regimes, AI avatars and chatbots can propagate risky speech without exposing a single, identifiable speaker. This can protect journalists and activists, but it also changes how responsibility, authenticity and repression work Read more

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