Belarus: what’s Russia’s next move?
Belarus’ Fight for a Democratic Future – Center for American Progress https://t.co/ZyTGA9mozB — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 3, 2020 The gravity of the situation in Belarus has led many… Read more »
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‘High-Stakes Standoff’: U.S. faces hurdles in ‘nudging’ Belarus toward democracy
A High-Stakes Standoff in Belarus https://t.co/MJZpJ8bbQg — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) September 2, 2020 A senior U.S. official said the United States and European Union were closely coordinating to find… Read more »
COVID-19, internal divisions testing democracy’s resilience
We under-appreciated the way how people consume #information, how campaigns are being conduct and how information is being spread #online, @Walker_CT @NEDemocracy @ThinkDemocracy @demdigest pic.twitter.com/5RMk0Orpdq — GLOBSEC (@GLOBSEC) August… Read more »
Belarus ‘on the edge’: How will the West respond?
Detentions have started at the Independence Square. The entrance to the Red Church is blocked. About 1000 protesters. A lot of police. pic.twitter.com/67fj1ih4B7 — Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) August 27,… Read more »
How to stop Covid disinformation promoting polarization
The Global Disinformation Index estimates that 25 million USD will unwittingly go to funding all kinds of COVID-19 conspiracies and disinformation disseminating outlets in 2020 alone, GLOBSEC reports (above). The… Read more »
How to counter disinformation’s deadly fallout
Deepfakes, big data, and virtual reality—our working paper by @samuelwoolley @katie_joseff addresses how these emerging technologies may interact with the psychological factors that drive the demand for disinformation https://t.co/BzAyJs5VE4… Read more »
CEE’s democratic vulnerabilities revealed
Corruption, populism, nationalism and disinformation have eroded faith in liberal democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, according to a new report – which says many people would trade in some… Read more »
COVID-19 ‘reveals fragility of our democratic values’?
Democratic governments have implemented measures similar to those by autocracies in response to the pandemic. Are these value trade-offs temporary experiments, or will they be here to stay? asks… Read more »
Reclaiming Democracy: COVID-19 and the Liberal Future
Just over a year ago, opposition candidates won the mayoralties of İstanbul, Ankara, and nine other cities across Turkey in a striking political upset for President Erdoğan, notes the Project… Read more »
COVID-19 ‘infodemic’: West in disarray over autocrats’ ‘battle of narratives’
The West has largely been in disarray in responding to autocratic disinformation on the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting calls for the U.S. to launch a “multilateral” initiative with like-minded democracies to… Read more »