Beijing knows digital surveillance of the world’s most populous nation is technologically demanding. So the Party has hired corporations to occupy the “public-opinion battlefield” and spot the trouble before it spreads. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Lynette Ong
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http://LynetteOng.com Distinguished Prof of Chinese Politics, University of Toronto. Senior Fellow, Asia Society. Author of “Outsourcing Repression” https://shorturl.at/qtNj8. Autocracies. Repression. Violence. Protests. Development. Also Southeast Asia.
Huge congratulations to Professor Jacob Tsimerman of the University of Toronto on receiving the Fields Medal — one of the highest honours in mathematics. Nearly a century after Canadian mathematician J.C. Fields established this award in Toronto, it comes home.
The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/
"So long as businesses are willing to collaborate with the state, it will be hard for society to find a counterweight against market-enhanced digital repression." muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
In “How to Combat Transnational Repression,” published in @jodemocracy.bsky.social, Citizen Lab researchers @sanstis.bsky.social and @mmichae1sen.bsky.social write about the lack of accountability for perpetrators of transnational repression. Read: www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/how...
How to Combat Transnational Repression | Journal of Democracy
Authoritarians actively threaten, intimidate, and murder exiles and opponents wherever they find them. While justice for victims is hard won, it is possible. Here is how democracies can push back.
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Why has the CCP hired corporations to do digital surveillance on their citizens? muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
"Managing online opinion has become an integral part of the party-state's propaganda work. Every entity...and every administrative level down to that of counties, has a political incentive to keep a finger on the pulse of online public sentiment." muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
"The CCP, aware of social media's potential to amplify extreme public sentiment, continues to keep close tabs on online discourse. Despite the party-state's best efforts, however, heated online discourse can still ignite public grievances..." muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
This JoD essay draws on our book, OUTSOURCING SURVEILLANCE: ONLINE OPINION MANAGEMENT IN CHINA. @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @chinagovernancelab.bsky.social Open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Journal of Democracy@jodemocracy.bsky.social · last mo."The outsourcing of digital monitoring does not bode well for dissent in China. Online surveillance is becoming more precise and better at preemption." How the CCP Outsources Surveillance by Lynette H. Ong muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
Beijing knows digital surveillance of the world’s most populous nation is technologically demanding. So the Party has hired corporations to occupy the “public-opinion battlefield” and spot the trouble before it spreads. @onglynette.bsky.social muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...
“Liberal democracies around the world are now among the most unequal societies ever to have existed in human history,” Jeffrey Winters, has a new book out! "The Blind Spot: How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies." Interview on @democracynow.org www.democracynow.org/2026/5/27/th...
I’m not afraid of the woods, but the woods should be afraid of me.
GLD Fellow Lynette Ong (University of Toronto) has recently published a Cambridge Element, Outsourcing Surveillance: Online Opinion Management in China. It is available to download for free until June 24; download it here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Outsourcing Surveillance
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I I enjoyed speaking about "Outsourcing Surveillance" and interacting with a knowledgeable audience at the SOAS China Institute last night. Thanks everyone for attending.
Lynette Ong@onglynette.bsky.social · 2mo agoI'll be speaking about our new book at @soasuni.bsky.social SOAS China Institute on Monday, 5pm: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... and at the @ox.ac.uk Oxford China Centre on Thursday, 12pm: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
🔔 New book alert - open access until June 24th Outsourcing Surveillance: Online Opinion Management in China, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Elements in Political Economy by @onglynette.bsky.social, Huihua Nie and Jesslene Lee Access here: www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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I'll be speaking about our new book at @soasuni.bsky.social SOAS China Institute on Monday, 5pm: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/... and at the @ox.ac.uk Oxford China Centre on Thursday, 12pm: events.ox.ac.uk/oxford_event...
'Outsourcing Surveillance: Online Public Opinion Management in China'
Professor Lynette Ong's latest book examines state outsourcing of surveillance in the digital age.
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 2mo agoNew Cambridge Element, Outsourcing Surveillance by Lynette Ong, Huihua Nie and Jesslene Lee, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/4uXJ8fx
Prof. Lynette Ong is sharing her co-authored Cambridge Element that examines how the Chinese state outsources digital surveillance to private firms, contributing to research on digital repression and state-business relations. Available for free download in the first two weeks: shorturl.at/lVpmw
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New Cambridge Element, Outsourcing Surveillance by Lynette Ong, Huihua Nie and Jesslene Lee, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at https://cup.org/4uXJ8fx
My new book📖Delivering Tolerance📖 just arrived in the mail! Can't believe I get to hold an actual copy after 8+ yrs of work! More updates soon, but for now u can preorder a copy @princetonupress.bsky.social and get 30% (discount code P329) and I will go celebrate! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Does promoting democracy to the public of a rising authoritarian power work? In a new paper in Perspectives on Politics, I test it using the US Embassy in China's pro-democracy posts on Chinese social media, using two survey experiments in 2018 and 2021. Results are sobering and counter-intuitive
Perspectives on Politics@poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 2mo agoNOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! The Sound of Silence: #Championing #Democracy in an #Authoritarian #Society By @hhuang.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...
In this policy brief just published at the International Journal, we looked at the implications of Trump's reelection for Canada-China relations.@uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social @matinastevis.bsky.social @withfilesfrom.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
