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Middle East: Using AI to stop dissent before it even starts

· By Cathrin Schaer
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Imagine if back in December 2010, the Tunisian government — then headed by authoritarian leader Ben Ali — had known what would happen after a humble fruit seller set himself on fire in a public square.

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