The allure of Chinese ‘digital authoritarianism’ for Latin America Concern that Chinese technology in Venezuela and Cuba which is allowing the states to exercise ‘social control’ over their populations via the internet and digital ID systems – what one of the sources, U.S. advocacy group Freedom House, calls ‘digital authoritarianism’ is presented by Voice of America online in a summary of reports and coverage. Venezuela’s identity system, the Carnet de la Patria or Homeland Card, was established on Chinese technology from ZTE in 2016 and is accused of collecting so much data on its users, including whether they have voted,…