Transnational repression is a very sophisticated method of interference. It's hard to say it in one sentence, but I will try.
It's an effort to silence exiles and diaspora abroad, to silence their voices in a way that break downs communities, to instill distrust and break up the communities that are going to eventually become a momentum of some dissent and movement. They will use a spectrum of tactics from assassination, intimidation and threats to taking hostage family members back home, all as a way to silence dissent. That's what I would say.
I think it's important that we remember that transnational repression has grown to a much larger scale globally because, with the emergence of technology, spyware and AI, it makes the cost so low for foreign governments, for the authoritarian states, to continue with these types of acts of repression. From harassment and disinformation campaigns on social media to threatening phone calls on Google and Zoom, it has became so much easier for authoritarian states to conduct.