Venezuela shows danger of dictators who use tech to control people
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In Venezuela, 2,000 activists have been arbitrarily detained by the government in the aftermath of the country’s July 28 presidential election — an election marred by President Nicolas Maduro’s blatant manipulation to continue securing his grip on power.
Technology is one of the key instruments to overcome this situation. People are relying on the use of social networks and privacy messenger technologies to coordinate their actions, spread their messages and document injustices.
However, Maduro has been able to undermine these efforts. He has repressed people by using instruments created for mass surveillance, which should not have been at his disposal if sanctions had been correctly implemented. He has even managed to ban X and Signal from the country, showing the ease of taking away people’s digital freedoms.
