Embodied digital warfare: authoritarian appropriation through human enhancement

While current debates on digital warfare are often centered on autonomous weapons or cyberwarfare, a growing “arms race” targeting the human body through human augmentation (HA) and human enhancement (HE) technologies is often neglected. Taking the example of a recent German-UK joint defence strateg...

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Hauptverfasser: Ruppert, LInda (VerfasserIn) , Bork-Hüffer, Tabea (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: Dialogues on digital society
Year: 2025, Pages: 1-5
ISSN:2976-8640
DOI:10.1177/29768640251369965
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Verfasserangaben:Linda Ruppert and Tabea Bork-Hüffer

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