Venezuela's President Maduro has secured power and abused people's rights with tech repression. To fight back against it, the US has to support global digital freedom.
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.
If policymakers in democratic countries truly want to support freedom activists in places like Venezuela, we need to avoid the transmission of surveillance technologies among autocratic regimes. In fact, we must make sure that no technology developed in the West is used by autocrats to violate the human rights of citizens. Maduro’s repressive capacities have even allowed him to not only repress people but also the technologies themselves.
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