From John Unsworth, just-retired dean of libraries at U of Virginia:https://www.arl.org/blog/john-unsworth-on-libraries-higher-education-and-anti-facism/"21st-century fascism is not just about governing through force. Itβs also about surveillance. Itβs about AI in the service of fascism, as a tool of surveillance. Itβs about dismembering the public sectorβ¦Itβs about systematically erasing history, including data and primary source materials. This is foundational, for fascism βto distort the record or obscure it or simply deprive people of public data so that there is no independent source of fact. Weβre seeing that right now. Weβre also going to see more intimidation of individuals, more anti-union work, more anti-intellectualism, more loyalty tests." #AI #Fascism #Trump #USPol #USPolitics #Surveillance #USPol #USPolitics