Censorship

Hot topics: What type of reporting attracts cyberattacks in autocracies?
By continuously monitoring 19 Venezuelan news websites, I show that Denial-of-Service attacks correlate with reporting on protest, repression, and regime-delegitimizing topics. Published in Political Science Research and Methods.
Philipp M. Lutscher
Last updated on Jul 18, 2026 4 min read Blog
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Online censorship
In this project, I explore the political drivers and consequences of online censorship.
Online censorship
At Home and Abroad: The Use of Denial-of-service Attacks during Elections in Nondemocratic Regimes
In this article, we study the political use of denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, a particular form of cyberattack that disables web …
Philipp M. Lutscher, Nils B. Weidmann, Margaret E. Roberts, Mattijs Jonker, Alistair King, Alberto Dainotti
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At Home and Abroad: The Use of Denial-of-service Attacks during Elections in Nondemocratic Regimes