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September 26, 2022

Seven Issues that Need Attention to Keep Local Democracy Strong

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Steven Bosacker

September 26, 2022

Why Giorgia Meloni Will Not Change Italy’s Foreign Policy

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Dario Cristiani

September 23, 2022

The United States Needs a New Strategy against China’s Disinformation Campaign

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            Veranika Laputska

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Seven Issues that Need Attention to Keep Local Democracy Strong

9m

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Steven Bosacker

September 26, 2022

Why Giorgia Meloni Will Not Change Italy’s Foreign Policy

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Dario Cristiani

September 23, 2022

The United States Needs a New Strategy against China’s Disinformation Campaign

            6m

            Veranika Laputska

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Disinformation Technology and Democracy

August 19, 2022

“ Today's step is too late and too little. Platforms must address the algorithms and other design loopholes that allow their sites to be weaponized in the first place.”

CNN

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Elections Technology and Democracy

August 19, 2022

“ History has demonstrated that people have already made up their minds when things happen too close to the election. But the midterm elections are far enough away that the public opinion benefits of this legislation may have some time to settle in.”

Newsweek

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Technology and Democracy

August 18, 2022

“ Too many groups like Children’s Health Defense have been allowed to flourish on social media for too long. The group remains on Twitter. Today’s step is too late and too little. Tech companies must address the reasons misinformation spreads so readily on social media.”

AP News

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Disinformation Technology and Democracy

August 18, 2022

“ It even leaves up RFK Jr’s public Facebook page. In addition, both RFK Jr and CHD remain active on Twitter, showing how inadequate the Whac-A-Mole approach is to conspiracy campaigns. Instead platforms must address the algorithms and other design loopholes that allow their sites to be weaponized in the first place.”

The Guardian

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Emerging Technologies Technology and Democracy

August 3, 2022

Liberty's Doom? Artificial Intelligence in Middle Eastern Security

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Kristina Kausch

Aitor Bonsoms

Can Kasapoglu

Lewin Schmitt

Žilvinas Švedkauskas

Cybersecurity Technology and Democracy

July 27, 2022

“ The Senate's passage of the CHIPS+ bill is welcome bipartisan progress on one of the most critical technology issues the US faces. This kind of government investment... can help check the rising tide of economic pessimism that feeds nativism and polarization. Big bets like this bill are exactly what's needed to jumpstart the optimism that motivated previous generations to invest in the future and each other.”

Fierce Electronics

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Technology and Democracy

July 15, 2022

“ The worst thing would be for the US to proclaim loudly that it is in a race with China, but then get caught stopping to tie our shoes while China outruns us.”

Financial Times

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Parliamentary Testimony

European Union Cybersecurity Digital Regulation Technology and Democracy

July 11, 2022

Hearing on "Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising"

European Parliament's Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

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Cybersecurity Digital Regulation Technology and Democracy

July 6, 2022

“ [The EU is] trying to learn the lessons from GDPR, but that being said, it’s complicated to move from a national-level regulatory system to a commission-level regulatory system and to coordinate all that.”

Washington Post

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