Telling people to quit the platform is less effective than stopping influential elites from using the site in harmful ways. https://media.wired.com/photos/631296005d32e4cad34d6f9b/master/pass/twitter-stop-destroying-democracy.jpg
Tag: Democracy
Brexit Day clash: Mark Francois blasts Brexit ‘lies’ in Femi row – ‘It’s called DEMOCRACY’
The heated clash broke out after the Conservative MP hit out at Femi Oluwole over the Project Fear “lies” aimed at suggesting a vote for Brexit would have a devastating impact on the British economy. Mark Francois noted the campaign had claimed all travel to and from the European Union would come to a halt […]
A bipartisan group of former senators put together an open letter urging current lawmakers to become ‘zealous guardians’ of America’s democracy
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images A bipartisan group of 44 former US senators put together a letter to the current US Senate, saying the nation is “at an inflection point in which the foundational principles of our democracy and our national security interests are at stake.” The senators addressed the letter to their colleagues and warned of […]
What democracy? 70% of ‘not free’ countries get US military aid
Washington has a habit of bombing defenseless nations in the name of democracy, but isn’t the least bit squeamish about selling weapons and giving military aid to countries its own human rights watchdogs deem dictatorial. Freedom House, a US-based non-governmental organization (NGO) set up in 1941, publishes an annual Freedom in the World report, which […]
‘Peaceful return of democracy?’ US doesn’t deny meeting Venezuelan military coup plotters
Washington still “prefers” a peaceful restoration of “democracy” in Venezuela, the White House has stated in response to a scandalous report about US officials’ contacts with Venezuelan military officers seeking to stage a coup. The US President Donald Trump’s administration has been holding meetings with a group of Venezuelan officers plotting to overthrow the Latin […]
Here’s the problem with Mark Zuckerberg’s call to arms to protect democracy (FB, GOOG, TWTR)
Photo by Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images Facebook, along with Twitter and Google, are scrambling to contain a problem that happened on their turf, thanks to a system they created and which has been immensely profitable for them. Unlike the banks at the center of the 2009 financial crisis, the internet companies did not consciously create a […]
Tech Giants Are Becoming Defenders of Democracy. Now What?
Microsoft, Facebook, and others are ramping up efforts to thwart attacks on elections—making the US government look woefully underprepared in the process. https://media.wired.com/photos/5b7ccdc75560bb1fedf11ce9/master/pass/tech_democracy-01.jpg
Wanna Save Democracy? Read a Novel
When CEOs and business leaders talk about books they’re reading, the lists tend to have one thing in common: little or no fiction. Sure, they’re reading high-minded, important tomes on history, science, innovation and leadership, but that’s not nearly enough. Where have all the novels gone? People simply aren’t reading them like they once did. […]
Can You Name the Muslim World’s First Secular Democracy?
The exotic, cosmopolitan city buzzed with activity, its multicultural lifeblood driven in part by a recent oil boom and swept up in intellectual thought and political activism. Petro barons lounged in newly built mansions outside the Old City, where merchants traded in local wares, shopkeepers served mouthwatering culinary delights and residents shuffled through narrow alleys […]
'Hilarious & paranoid': Lavrov laughs at idea that Russia uses memes to destroy US democracy
The idea that Moscow is swaying elections and bringing down US democracy by ‘meme-sharing’ is preposterous, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. The accusations hurled at Russia by the US lawmakers left him baffled. “It’s just hilarious when I hear that funny pictures can undermine American democracy,” Lavrov told reporters on Thursday, answering RT correspondent’s […]
