Political Economy Journal: “The productivity of digitalization should not be bought at the cost of digital totalitarianism” Medvedev
Russia's deputy head of the National Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, said in an article published in Russia in World Politics magazine that the economic efficiency that digitalization creates should not be achieved at the cost of "digital totalitarianism." He stated "The digital sector will undoubtedly become an important factor in the economic, social and political development of the world after the pandemic. But the precise demarcation between the benefits of digitalization and the threat of the emergence of the "older digital brother" (digital authoritarianism) and the limitations of human rights and fundamental freedoms are critical. The economic efficiency that digitalization…