[Air-L] 26 May Book Talk: “Digital Authoritarianism in the Making: Repression and Resistance on the Russian Internet”

[Ülker Sözen]

“The Many Faces of Digital Authoritarianism" Lecture Series by the ECPR
Research Network on Digital Authoritarianism presents:

*Book Talk: “Digital Authoritarianism in the Making: Repression and
Resistance on the Russian Internet
<https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/6043/Digital-Authoritarianism-in-the-MakingRepression>”
by Françoise Daucé, Benjamin Loveluck, and Francesca Musiani*

*26 May 2026, Tuesday 15:00-16:30 CET (14:00-15:30 UK Time)*

Please find the details here <https://ecpr.eu/news/news/details/923>. For
registration to the series, follow the link <https://ecpr.eu/Events/337>.

Link:
https://ecpr-eu.zoom.us/j/81638037221?pwd=AHHlgvqtc2cpKwaNuLvkw529GMwMzC.1

Meeting ID: 816 3803 7221

Passcode: 318625

How did the authoritarian dynamic that is currently plaguing the Russian
internet (Runet) come to dominate a digital space that was initially
free? Digital
Authoritarianism in the Making
<https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/6043/Digital-Authoritarianism-in-the-MakingRepression>
(The
MIT Press, 2025) reveals the policies regulating the Runet, resituating
them within their historical context starting in the early 2010s and ending
with the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine in February 2022. It
offers a political sociology of the Russian digital space, including the
variety of actors who have sought to occupy it: access providers,
developers, journalists, activists, web professionals, and mobilized
citizens. Informed by five years of original fieldwork, the book highlights
both repressive policies and online resistance, including lesser-known
social and technical practices used to circumvent constraints. In this
talk, we will discuss with the book editors Françoise Daucé, Benjamin
Loveluck, and Francesca Musiani the Runet's shift toward authoritarianism
and how this model is expanding to all the regions where Moscow is
extending its influence.

*Françoise Daucé* is Professor at the School for Advanced Studies in the
Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris and a member and former director of the
Center for Russian, Caucasian, East-European, and Central Asian Studies
(CERCEC).

*Benjamin Loveluck* is Junior Professor in Political Science and Chair in
Digital Regulation at Paris-Pantheon-Assas University, member of the Center
for Studies and Research in Administrative and Political Sciences (CERSA).

*Francesca Musiani* is Research Professor at the French National Center for
Scientific Research (CNRS), member and director of the CNRS Centre for
Internet and Society (CIS).
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Dr. Ülker Sözen
Postdoctoral research fellow (Gerda Henkel Foundation, 2024-2027)
Chair of Development Politics, University of Passau
Institute for the Study of Religions, Leipzig University
International Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies (IRGAC),
University of Potsdam
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