{"id":130663,"date":"2026-09-30T07:27:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T06:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=130663"},"modified":"2026-09-30T08:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T07:14:22","slug":"repression-without-borders-the-global-reach-of-digital-surveillance","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/uk\/event\/repression-without-borders-the-global-reach-of-digital-surveillance\/","title":{"rendered":"Repression Without Borders: The Global Reach of Digital Surveillance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leaving a country does not always mean escaping its government\u2019s reach. Spyware, digital surveillance and online intimidation allow states to monitor and silence critics far beyond their borders. <strong>Eva Galperin<\/strong> examines the current state of transnational digital repression: the tools enabling it, the commercial industry behind it, and the consequences for journalists, activists and diaspora communities. What does meaningful protection look like and how can governments and companies selling surveillance be held accountable?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talk will be moderated by James Shires, Co-Director of Virtual Routes, and followed by a drinks reception.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u041a\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043a\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0446\u044c \u043e\u0431\u043c\u0435\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0430. \u0417\u0430\u0440\u0435\u0454\u0441\u0442\u0440\u0443\u0439\u0442\u0435 \u0441\u0432\u043e\u044e \u0437\u0430\u0446\u0456\u043a\u0430\u0432\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0456\u0441\u0442\u044c \u043d\u0438\u0436\u0447\u0435. \u0423\u0447\u0430\u0441\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0438, \u044f\u043a\u0438\u0445 \u0431\u0443\u0434\u0435 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0456\u0431\u0440\u0430\u043d\u043e, \u043e\u0442\u0440\u0438\u043c\u0430\u044e\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0456\u0434\u043e\u043c\u043b\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0435\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0442\u0440\u043e\u043d\u043d\u043e\u044e \u043f\u043e\u0448\u0442\u043e\u044e.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eva Galperin examines the current state of transnational digital repression: the tools enabling it, the commercial industry behind it, and the consequences for journalists, activists and diaspora communities.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":130695,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_seopress_titles_title":"Repression Without Borders: The Global Reach of Digital Surveillance","_seopress_titles_desc":"Eva Galperin examines the current state of transnational digital repression: the tools enabling it, the commercial industry behind it, and the consequences for journalists, activists and diaspora communities.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"Repression Without Borders: The Global Reach of Digital Surveillance","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"Eva Galperin examines the current state of transnational digital repression: the tools enabling it, the commercial industry behind it, and the consequences for journalists, activists and diaspora communities.","_seopress_social_fb_img":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Galperin.png","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":130695,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":2000,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":1414,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"Repression Without Borders: The Global Reach of Digital Surveillance","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"Eva Galperin examines the current state of transnational digital repression: the tools enabling it, the commercial industry behind it, and the consequences for journalists, activists and diaspora communities.","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Galperin.png","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":130695,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":2000,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":1414,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"inline_featured_image":false},"event-category":[2235],"event-type":[2156],"special-filter":[],"class_list":["post-130663","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-category-ironmonger-house-talks","event-type-in-person-event"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/130663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=130663"},{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=130663"},{"taxonomy":"special-filter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/virtual-routes.org\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/special-filter?post=130663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}