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Outsourcing Surveillance: Online Opinion Management in China - Elements in Political Economy
Ong, Lynette (University of Toronto)
The digital age has afforded autocrats new technologies of control, allowing it to co-opt, pre-empt and repress dissent. This Element mentions that based on an analysis of 3,000 public procurement documents, and elite interviews with stakeholders, the Chinese state has outsourced the functions of online surveillance to corporations.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | May 21, 2026 |
| ISBN13 | 9781009631976 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 80 |
| Dimensions | 150 × 220 × 20 mm · 215 g (Weight (estimated)) |