Digital technologies hold tremendous potential to enhance societal wellbeing, including the protection and promotion of democracy and human rights, notes Harvard’s Ziyaad Bhorat. However, citizens, political leaders, and states are… Read more »
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili today congratulated war veterans on the May 9 Victory Day over Nazi Germany and then answered journalists’ questions, not missing the chance to once again… Read more »
Facebook’s parent company Meta announced Wednesday that it has taken down a network of more than 100 China-based accounts that posed as organizations in the US and Europe and pushed… Read more »
Under the guise of ‘guiding public opinion’, a policy concept that dates back to the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square Massacre, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) justifies its manipulation of information… Read more »
Twitter accounts operated by authoritarian governments in Russia, China and Iran are benefiting from recent changes at the social media company, making it easier for them to attract new followers… Read more »
China’s ruling Communist Party managed to stifle the democratizing impact of the Internet, but can it curb the liberating potential of AI? Five months after ChatGPT set off an investment… Read more »
The actions taken and the lessons learned in Ukraine will inform larger efforts to reinforce democracies against external aggression, argues Iulian Romanyshyn, a senior fellow at the University of Bonn’s Center… Read more »
Against the backdrop of a global democratic recession, officials on nearly every continent are integrating advanced digital tools into municipal governance through “smart city” projects, the International Forum for Democratic… Read more »
The role of social media platforms and messaging apps in Sunday’s political violence in Brasília is under the spotlight after experts highlighted their use by Jair Bolsonaro supporters to question the… Read more »
China is at a tricky crossroads where its social contract is undergoing a paradigm shift. Its populace is among the world’s most digitally connected, but is also one of… Read more »