On Thursday, March 26 at 10:00 a.m. ET, the Atlantic Council’s Democracy + Tech Initiative, in partnership with Conexión Segura y Libre, will launch Watch the Watchers: Surveillance technologies for political control in Venezuela, a report examining the architecture and deployment of Venezuela’s state surveillance system.

The report documents the full scope of state control: artificial intelligence-enhanced closed-circuit television networks, mass interception of telecommunications, drone surveillance, state-sponsored applications, device seizures, and targeted cyberattacks—capabilities that have developed over two decades into a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure supported in part by Chinese technology partnerships.

Policymakers, human rights advocates, and researchers will discuss the report’s findings and their implications for governance and international policy responses to Venezuela’s political future.

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Jason Marczak
Vice President and Senior Director, Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center,
Atlantic Council

Iria Puyosa
Senior Research Fellow, Democracy + Tech Initiative,
Atlantic Council

Andrés Azpurúa
Executive Director,
Conexión Segura

Gina Romero
Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Freedom of Association, 
United Nations

Bill Marczak
Senior Research Fellow,
Citizen Lab

Beth Kerley
Senior Program Officer,
NED’s International Forum for Democratic Studies 

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The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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