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Podcast: Essential Middle East (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Digital surveillance in the Middle EastPub date: 2023-01-05For many of the authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, technology has long been a tool to enable digital repression. These states are increasingly using information technology to suppress the flow of information, censor content, and even surveil citizens. In this episode: Marc Owen Jones (@marcowenjones), associate professor of Middle East Studies at Hamad Bin