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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 Dr. 
 Teng Biao is a human rights lawyer and a Visiting Fellow at the Chair 
 for Human Rights Law\, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürn
 berg (FAU). He holds a PhD in law from Peking University and has previ
 ously served as Lecturer at the China University of Politics and Law i
 n Beijing\, Pozen Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago\, Ha
 user Human Rights Scholar at Hunter College (City University of New Yo
 rk)\, and as a visiting fellow at the New York University\, Harvard\, 
 Yale\, 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 curr
 ent research covers China’s human rights\, social movements\, law an
 d politics\, and transnational repression. His Visiting Fellowship at 
 FAU is made possible by support of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundati
 on. Disclaimer/Media Notice Photos and/or videos may be taken during t
 his 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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