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Humans Can Help Clean Up Facebook and Twitter
“On Facebook and Twitter, the most inflammatory, unreliable and divisive posts are shared and too often believed more readily than those with verifiable facts...it’s apparent that much more needs to be done to rapidly and more consistently stop the proliferation of bad info, year round and globally” (Greg Bensinger, 2020).
How to Save Democracy from Technology
The rise of giant internet platforms “should ring alarm bells—not just because they hold so much economic power but also because they wield so much control over political communication. These behemoths now dominate the dissemination of information and the coordination of political mobilization. That poses unique threats to a well-functioning democracy” (Francis Fukuyama, 2020).
Democracy contains the seeds of its own recovery
“The threat is not from military coups but governments in power. Given time, unscrupulous leaders can hollow out democracy completely….even in countries where such a calamity is unthinkable, the erosion of norms and institutions leads to worse government. To reverse this, you have to understand what has gone wrong” (The Economist, 2020).
The E.U. Puts Its Foot Down on the Rule of Law
“The European Union finally drew the line this year and declared that disbursements from the E.U. budget and a special coronavirus relief fund would be contingent on each member’s adherence to the rule of law. Hungary and Poland have shamelessly retaliated” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
A Great Election, Against All Odds
“The 2020 election was not simply free of fraud...it was, from an administrative standpoint, a resounding success. In the face of a raging pandemic and the highest turnout in more than a century, Americans enjoyed one of the most secure, most accurate and most well-run elections ever” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
When the World Seems Like One Big Conspiracy
“Conspiracy theories come in all shapes and sizes, but perhaps the most common form is the global cabal theory...Understanding the common structure of such global cabal theories can explain both their attractiveness — and their inherent falsehood” (Yuval Noah Harari, 2020).
Democracies must team up to take on China in the technosphere
Regarding China, “an insular America can remain a technology superpower. A connected America cemented into the rest of the world by means of a grand technopolitical bargain could be the hub of something truly unsurpassable” (The Economist, 2020).
Why Obama Fears for Our Democracy
“In an exclusive interview, the former president” Barack Obama “identifies the greatest threats to the American experiment, explains why he’s still hopeful, and opens up about his new book” (Jeffrey Goldberg, 2020).
The Apocalyptic Politics of the Populist Right
“Mr. Trump has wantonly rejected the outcome of the recent vote. Invoking allegations of fraud, he has made it clear that for him, conceding defeat is a non-starter...his decision to ignore the will of the people has ramifications for democracy well beyond the United States” (Ivan Krastev, 2020).
Taiwan Is Beating Political Disinformation. The West Can Too.
“Building resilient societies that can fight back against disinformation comes from the hard work of increasing the public’s media literacy and creating and sustaining relationships among people over time, not better algorithms alone. Learning from innovators like Taiwan should be an overarching priority for liberal democracies in the 2020s” (Kerr and Phillips, 2020).
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