In addition to primary sources, this book draws on foundational scholarly literature from within the law, social sciences, humanities, media studies, and beyond. With regard to cases where access to data is sparse and suppressed by authoritarian regimes like China, the stealth work of journalists and direct testimony of individuals in the diaspora brought firsthand accounts of stories hidden by digital authoritarianism and postmodern firewalls.

XREF: Connects to broader discussions of surveillance states, digital authoritarianism research, and censorship scholarship on China.

Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamopho…, loc. 62