Fengsuo Zhou was one of the student leaders during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He was listed number five on the government's most wanted list and was forced into exile in the United States. After he immigrated, he continued to advocate for the possibility of democracy in China. Today, he serves as executive director of Human Rights in China.

As a longtime activist, Zhou believes that the most critical battleground for human rights in China is online. The Chinese Communist Party has weaponized advanced technology—facial recognition, generative AI, and pervasive surveillance—to maintain control. Yet, despite this repression, resistance in cyberspace persists. People continue to find creative ways to bypass censorship, share information, and challenge authoritarian rule, ensuring that the fight for freedom lives on.

Zhou's lecture will focus on the White Paper Movement in 2022, which showed how free cyberspace outside China can spark real-world resistance within the country.