Democracy & Digital Societies

Digital platforms have opened up new venues for democratic debate and freedom of expression, but they have also generated new dangers to civil liberties. Algorithmic decision-making has been shown to perpetuate biases, digital technologies are used for surveillance purposes, and the spread of disinformation on the internet is endangering democratic discourse and elections. We support international dialogue on how to protect democratic debate and civil liberties in the age of Big Tech.

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