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SUMMARY:Human Rights Colloquium: Digital Totalitarianism and its Impac
 t on China’s Human Rights and Civil Society
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DESCRIPTION:This FAU CHREN Human Rights Colloquium will be held on 1
 9 November 2025 from 6:15 to 7:30 pm and will feature Dr. Teng Biao as
  speaker and Dr. Alexandra Kaiser as chair. Description The rapid deve
 lopment of digital technologies has enabled unprecedented forms of sta
 te control. The Chinese government has effectively utilized artificial
  intelligence\, big data\, surveillance systems\, and digital platform
 s to strengthen its high-tech\, 2.0 version of totalitarian governance
 . Different from traditional methods that are still in use &#8211\; se
 cret police\, arbitrary detention\, and collective punishment\, this n
 ew totalitarian model shapes individual behavior through predictive po
 licing\, digital panopticon\, the social credit system\, and new incen
 tives for self-censorship\, which has a profound impact on China’s h
 uman rights situation\, resistance and civil society. Speaker Bio Teng
  Biao is a human rights lawyer and a Visiting Fellow at the Chair for
  Human Rights Law\, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnber
 g (FAU). He holds a PhD in law from Peking University and has previo
 usly served as Lecturer at the China University of Politics and Law in
  Beijing\, Pozen Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago\, Hau
 ser Human Rights Scholar at Hunter College (City University of New Yor
 k)\, and as a visiting fellow at the New York University\, Harvard\, Y
 ale\, and Princeton&#8217\;s Institute for Advanced Study. Dr Teng co
 -founded two human rights NGOs in Beijing – the Open Constitution In
 itiative in 2003 and China Against the Death Penalty in 2010. His cu
 rrent research covers China’s human rights\, social movements\, law 
 and politics\, and transnational repression. His Visiting Fellowship 
 at FAU is made possible by support of the Alexander von Humboldt Fo
 undation. Disclaimer/Media Notice Photos and/or videos may be taken du
 ring this event for FAU CHREN’s documentation and public outreach (e
 .g.\, website\, social media). By attending\, you consent to this use 
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