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SUMMARY:“From Tiananmen to White Paper Protests, Activism in the Age of Digital
Totalitarianism”
DESCRIPTION:\nFengsuo Zhou was one of the student leaders during the Tia
nanmen Square protests of 1989. He was listed number five on the governm
ent's most wanted list and was forced into exile in the United States. A
fter he immigrated\, he continued to advocate for the possibility of dem
ocracy in China. Today\, he serves as executive director of Human Rights
in China.\n\nAs a longtime activist\, Zhou believes that the most criti
cal battleground for human rights in China is online. The Chinese Commun
ist Party has weaponized advanced technology—facial recognition\, genera
tive 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 challe
nge authoritarian rule\, ensuring that the fight for freedom lives on.\n
\nZhou'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.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/even
t/from-tiananmen-to-white-paper-protests/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Fengsuo Zhou wa
s one of the student leaders during the Tiananmen Square protests of 198
9. He was listed number five on the government's most wanted list and wa
s forced into exile in the United States. After he immigrated, he contin
ued to advocate for the possibility of democracy in China. Today, he ser
ves as executive director of Human Rights in China.
As a longtime
activist, Zhou believes that the most critical battleground for human ri
ghts in China is online. The Chinese Communist Party has weaponized adva
nced technology—facial recognition, generative AI, and pervasive surveil
lance—to maintain control. Yet, despite this repression, resistance in c
yberspace persists. People continue to find creative ways to bypass cens
orship, share information, and challenge authoritarian rule, ensuring th
at the fight for freedom lives on.
Zhou's lecture will focus on th
e White Paper Movement in 2022, which showed how free cyberspace outside
China can spark real-world resistance within the country.
For mor
e details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/from-tiananmen-to-w
hite-paper-protests/
URL:http://democracy.psu.edu/events
LOCATION:22 Deike Building
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