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I always enjoy opportunities to learn from Audrey Tang - @au - her recent interview in the podcast #YourUndividedAttention is no exception. In "Future-proofing Democracy In the Age of AI with Audrey Tang" raises important questions about #AI & #Democracy. What do we need to do now to help prepare citizens for #DeepFakes. Important to hear about the role #Taiwan is playing in #ResponsibleAI.

2024 is an election year for almost half of the world's population.

https://your-undivided-attention.simplecast.com/episodes/future-proofing-democracy-in-the-age-of-ai-with-audrey-tang-VzOw1vUj


This paper, "Why democracy survives populism", is encouraging in an era in which concern about the resilience of democracies around the world remains, and for apparently good reasons.
The author was recently interviewed on the Democracy Paradox podcast.
https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/915348/summary
#democracy #uahtoritarianism #politics #PoliticalScience


The Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg "I refuse to participate in the normalization of Donald Trump."

The Atlantic published a special edition of its monthly magazine focusing on what a second Trump term would look like.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2024/01/donald-trump-second-term-policies/676176/

"He points out that his position is not a partisan one. It's 'not about Republicans and Democrats," he stressed, but "about authoritarians versus pro-democracy Americans.' "

Kudos to Goldberg and #TheAtlantic

#Journalism #Democracy

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All experts in #TheNetherlands are against it. The parlement is against it, yet the Cabinet wants to vote for it. How? #democracy #EU #chatcontrol


Latest comic on a Delaware town's bill that would allow LLCs and other corporations to vote in local elections:

#democracy #voting #plutocracy


Non-profit campaign group Human Rights Watch said the arrests were "something you would expect to see in Moscow not London".
"The reports of people being arrested for peacefully protesting the coronation are incredibly alarming"
#Democracy?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65507435


“Prince Harry Talks About ‘Global Assault On Democracy’ In Emotional UN Address”

Prince … Talks About ‘Global Assault On Democracy’

Prince … Democracy

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https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/prince-harry-global-assault-democracy-un-nelson-mandela_uk_62d67b3fe4b092a3f6c08128

#monarchy #democracy


“TikTok poses an unacceptable national security risk due to its extensive data harvesting being combined with Beijing’s apparently unchecked access to that sensitive data.” – Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

This is true.

Now replace TikTok with Facebook, Snapchat, <insert Silicon Valley Big Tech corporation or startup here> and Beijing with Washington, DC and…

This is also true.

🤔

https://blog.malwarebytes.com/privacy-2/2022/07/tiktok-is-unacceptable-security-risk-and-should-be-removed-from-app-stores-says-fcc/

#peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #BigTech #humanRights #democracy


Know that there are politicians in the West who drool at the thought of being able to do to you what China does to its citizens.

https://inkl.com/a/oYyoNPiyXxy

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When in doubt, throw the Kurds under a bus.

Congratulations to Sweden and Finland for giving in to a genocidal dictator’s demands.

https://inkl.com/a/jXGVVJTvWgv

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