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Digital Election Interference
This report examines a "Freedom on the Net 2019 Key Finding" that "politicians and hyperpartisans use digital means to manipulate elections" (Shahbaz and Funk, 2019).
Supporting Media for Democracy
“This publication presents EED’s work in the area of independent media, and reflects on lessons learned in six years of media and democracy support” and analyzes “worrying trends and challenges faced by media today and calls for an urgent re-set in thinking about donor support to media” (Pomianowski, 2019).
A Human-Centric Digital Manifesto for Europe
"The digital revolution is radically changing every aspect of human life... The new European Commission should look beyond digital single market issues, and focus on creating new rights-based policies and regulations based on freedom, democracy, equality, and rule of law to ensure that existing offline rights are protected online" (Pachl and Valenti, 2019).
Exporting Digital Authoritarianism: The Russian and Chinese Models
Polyakova and Meserole claim that “digital authoritarianism — the use of digital information technology by authoritarian regimes to surveil, repress, and manipulate domestic and foreign populations — is reshaping the power balance between democracies and autocracies” (Polyakova and Meserole, 2019).
Vulnerable Landscapes: Case Studies of Violence and Disinformation
Disinformation is a global phenomenon that affects almost all countries because anyone with a political agenda can use disinformation in pursuit of political power (Bradshaw andHoward, 2018). Disinformation campaigns are particularly suited to exacerbating already strained ideological, societal, and political relationships, and these campaigns often work to show individual distrust in government capability and sovereignty (Jackson, 2018, Ma, 2018).
Young Adults' News Behaviors and Beliefs
“This report examines trust in media” and “reveals that a majority of young adults are concerned about the impact of news on democracy and unity in the country, expressing that news organizations might divide and polarize citizens” and “are actively hurting democracy” ( John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, 2019).
‘Tech for Good’: Using technology to smooth disruption and improve well-being
Focusing on innovation, skills, and labor fluidity will be keys to good social outcomes of technology adoption.
The Internet's Challenge to Democracy: Framing the Problem and Assessing Reforms
This paper examines how “concern that the most democratic features of the internet are, in fact, endangering democracy itself” wherein “democracies pay a price for internet freedom...in the form of disinformation, hate speech, incitement, and foreign interference in elections” and face economic challenges” (Persily, 2019).
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