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Sara Kallis

@sarakallis.bsky.social

PhD Candidate in Political Science @ipz.bsky.social‬, previously @prioresearch.bsky.social‬ @gvagrad.bsky.social‬ | repression, mobilization, autocratic politics, tech, ML/NLP

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Why do authoritarian states charge political opponents with non-political crimes? In our @thejop.bsky.social paper with Jennifer Pan & @yiqingxu.bsky.social, we examine how *Disguised Repression* undermines opponents’ moral authority and mobilization capacity. doi.org/10.1086/7342...

06.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 51    🔁 32    💬 2    📌 1
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The Internet Coup: A Technical Analysis on How a Chinese Company is Exporting The Great Firewall to Autocratic Regimes - InterSecLab This research reveals groundbreaking findings on how Geedge Networks is selling an extensive suite of next-generation digital repression tools to client governments around the world.

Read our new report The Internet Coup.

The Great Firewall Export investigation is a joint collaboration with @amnesty.org, @papertrailmedia.de, @justiceformyanmar.org, @theglobeandmail.com,
@ftm.eu, @derstandard.at and @torproject.org

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09.09.2025 04:47 — 👍 32    🔁 28    💬 0    📌 1
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🚞 Now I'm on my way home from the fantastic #WomenInPolMeth Summer school in Bremen. Learned lots and met awesome like-minded folks 🫶 From web scraping to LLMs, we covered it all!

Many thanks to the organizers @gessler.bsky.social, @sophiahunger.bsky.social and bsky-less Sophia and Jelena!

26.07.2025 13:31 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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It's been a busy July so far!

☀️ It was great to first attend the Barcelona School of Economics Summer School, where I learned lots about Statistical Machine Learning for Large and Unstructured Data 👩‍💻

26.07.2025 13:31 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Syria sanctions: reclaiming Syria's digital future Lifting sanctions on Syria is a critical first step forward, but work remains for Syrians to reclaim their digital future.

Now that Assad is out, can Syrians finally enjoy their social + economic rights?

@marwasf.bsky.social + @kassemmnejja.bsky.social explain what it takes to rebuild Syria’s digital future — and why it’s the backbone of recovery.

Read more 🔽
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22.05.2025 14:19 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Call for Papers!

📢 6th Annual Digital Democracy Workshop
🏫 University of Zurich
📅 13-14 November 2025
⏳ Deadline to submit paper abstracts: 31 May 2025

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16.04.2025 13:41 — 👍 13    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 1

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