Red Packet
Fergus RyanThis is Red Packet, a newsletter about China, censorship, surveillance & propaganda.
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Prediction markets are heading for a collision with Beijing
This piece was originally published in the ASPI Cyber & Tech Digest on Friday, 28 February. Apologies to subscribers who receive both. A quick update before you read: on the day it published, Polymarket saw $529 million in trading on...
Why I Still Watch X, Even Though I’d Rather Not
Almost three years ago, when I published my first post on Substack, I explained that I was trying to escape what I called the vortex of Twitter. Even then, not long after Elon Musk bought the platform, it was clear that its incentives were...
China’s AI is built for control — and it’s going global
Today we published a major new ASPI report that I’ve been working on for most of this year: The Party’s AI: How China’s new AI systems are reshaping human rights.
At the core of the report is a simple idea with big consequences:
In China,...
Beyond the AI Hype
Cross-posting something I wrote this week for ASPI’s Daily Digest newsletter — on AI hype, the slowing pace of breakthroughs, and why Beijing might be playing the longer game. My apologies to those already subscribed to the Daily Cyber & Te...
TikTok, the AEC, and the problem no one’s talking about
Last week, I was quoted in The Australian, discussing the Australian Electoral Commission’s (AEC) decision to join TikTok. On balance, I’m not against the move—but it does raise serious questions. While the AEC’s presence on the platform ma...
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