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Illumination Fall 2022

Why TikTok is a threat to democracy

The popular Chinese-owned app is enabling Beijing to collect data on people nearly everywhere, tracking people’s preferences and whereabouts and giving the Chinese government a powerful tool for shaping people’s worldview, writes the University of Virginia's Miller Center C. K. Yen Professor Aynne Kokas.

Aynne Kokas

Can Elon Musk make the math work on owning Twitter? It’s dicey.

“At the height of a market boom, those appeals work more easily than they do in times like we are presently entering,” said Robert Bruner, Compton Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia's Miller Center and author of the book 'Deals From Hell.'

Robert Bruner

Outnumbered Republican women raise cash to combat well-funded Democrats on election day

Despite their power, EMILY's List is very selective about who it endorses and even more so about who they fund, said Jennifer Lawless, faculty senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Miller Center and an expert on women running for Congress.

Jennifer Lawless

'Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty'

What is China’s role in the vast technology space and how does it affect U.S.-China relations? University of Virginia's Miller Center Faculty Senior Fellow Thomas Nachbar discusses Aynne Kokas’s new book, 'Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty.'

Thomas Nachbar

'Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty'

What is China’s role in the vast technology space and how does it affect U.S.-China relations? University of Virginia Miller Center Practitioner Senior Fellow Evan Feigenbaum discusses Aynne Kokas’s new book, 'Trafficking Data: How China Is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty.'

Evan Feigenbaum