And here are worst & best performers for 2024
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Posted new data about global digital repression trends from 2024.

Here's what the breakdown looks like worldwide.

👉Red = lots of surveillance, censorship, disinfo.
👉Blue = much lower levels.

No surprise - authoritarian countries digitally repress by huge margins vs democracies. Take a look! 🔽 🔽

Trump’s normalization of military troops patrolling the streets of America’s cities against the wishes of elected politicians and their citizens is a shocking abuse of constitutional norms and a staggering departure from precedent.

When John Yoo questions Trump’s dividing line between war and crime you know the country is in a heap of trouble

Trump's lifting of export ban of NVIDIA H20 GPUs reverses course on US tech war strategy.

Did pressure from Jensen Huang lead to shift? Or is it quid quo pro in exchange for China to ease critical mineral restrictions? Appears to be a bit of both...

Tulsi can’t seem to get any traction doing real intelligence work so back to digging internally against supposed enemies against Trump. Great use of resources

Is Trump team’s tariff letter to Myanmar junta a result of ignorance or an intent to embrace a horrific and illegitimate regime?

Feels like a lifetime ago

First responses to the trade war from up north

New US chip rules out - global diffusion framework. To make sense of the rules, I made a map! Tier 1: allies, Tier 3: rivals, Tier 2: TBD. This determines who gets access to the most sensitive AI tech