“In the COVID-19 era, connectivity is not a convenience, but a necessity. Virtually all human activities—commerce, education, health care, politics, socializing—seem to have moved online. But the digital world presents distinct challenges for human rights and democratic governance. State and nonstate actors in many countries are now exploiting opportunities created Read more…
The European Center for Not-for-Profit Law, Civil Society Europe and Philanthropy Advocacy have issued a Civil Society Joint Reaction to the 2020 Annual EU Rule of Law Report. The annual report presents an overview of the rule of law across the European Union, and an assessment of the situation in Read more…
“Internet freedom is increasingly imperiled by the tools and tactics of digital authoritarianism, which have spread rapidly around the globe. Repressive regimes, elected incumbents with authoritarian ambitions, and unscrupulous partisan operatives have exploited the unregulated spaces of social media platforms, converting them into instruments for political distortion and societal control. Read more…
“Some 1,200 democracy and human rights advocates and academicians, gathered at the 23rd Forum 2000 Conference in Prague (Oct 13-16), voiced a unified concern over the imperiled future of democracy. There is concern over the rise of powerful authoritarian regimes, human rights violations, racism, Islamophobia and acts of violence across Read more…
“If democracy is to survive the digital age, technology companies, governments, and civil society must work together to find real solutions to the problems of social media manipulation and abusive data collection. Multilateral and cross-sectoral coordination is required to promote digital literacy, identify malicious actors, and deny them the tools Read more…