For Polish speaking Friends My piece on why #Poland should host the next #SummitforDemocracy online & printed in today's Gazeta Wyborcza.
👉 wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3108...
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For Polish speaking Friends My piece on why #Poland should host the next #SummitforDemocracy online & printed in today's Gazeta Wyborcza.
👉 wyborcza.pl/7,75968,3108...
A new set of election integrity guidelines for online platforms was released this week at the #SummitForDemocracy. Here are my thoughts on the initiative via the @cendemtech.bsky.social feed 👇. Tl;DR: This work is essential, but more will be needed.
Today at the #SummitForDemocracy, IFES announced a set of voluntary election integrity guidelines for online platforms that were developed with and supported by several major tech companies.
"Watch @audreyt fly the flag for #Taiwan at the #SummitForDemocracy! AI & emerging technology challenges of today, demand solutions of tomorrow"
(Ministry of Digital Affairs 數位發展部 @TAIWANmoda)
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日本のゴミみたいなデジタル大臣と見比べるたびにタメイキが出るのう。
Export controls and cyber-surveillance tools: Five suggestions for the Summit for Democracy
#Cyber-surveillance tools are a growing challenge for the international community. This new blog from SIPRI’s Mark Bromley gives five suggestions for the #SummitforDemocracy #S4D, on 18–20 March 2024, to strengthen the use of export controls in this space.
Read the blog ➡️ bit.ly/3V6yOmi
Strange to think this brief, positive, progressive address by @ZelenskyyUa #VolodymyrZelenskyy to the US #SummitforDemocracy was less than 4 months ago in December 2021:
https://youtu.be/MnfP85fbRcY?t=20092
#SummitForDemocracy laid the foundations for the fight to defend democracy against the rise of autocratization.
Moving out of the left-right tirade is already a win in the face of autocrats from left and right who use polarization to fragment societies.
#Demokratie lässt sich in Regionen mit autoritären Traditionen schwer gegen den Machtwillen der korrupten "Eliten" etablieren. #Georgien, #Ukraine und #Moldau sind auf gutem Weg. Von ihnen können andere lernen, so @eglod_katia @cepa.
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#SummitForDemocracy .@PowerUSAID announced that the United States, Australia, Denmark, and Norway will work together to establish an Export Controls and Human Rights Initiative to help stem the tide of authoritarian government misuse of technology.
In the @guardian’s story on the #SummitForDemocracy (https://dir.lat/EaWKMi they mention “a fund to be run by “leading international media experts””, but forgot to link to their own pages, where the case for #IFPIM was first...
Women political & CSO leaders from Central Europe star at the anti-corruption session today at #SummitForDemocracy @sandumaiamd @ZuzanaCaputova @dkaleniuk
More women in decision making is contributing to the fight against...
And now @POTUS specifically mentions IFPIM (@FundFreeMedia) in his remarks opening Day 1 of the #SummitForDemocracy.
🤯 https://twitter.com/sdp/status/1468538638367657985
On December 10 at 6.20am EST, there's a #SummitForDemocracy session chaired by @PowerUSAID on "Expanding Civic Space: Empowering Human Rights Defenders and Independent Media Within and Across Borders":
www.state.gov/schedule-the-summit-for-...
At #SummitForDemocracy, @SecBlinken announces financial commitments to @FundFreeMedia (IFPIM) & @USAID Media Viability Accelerator will come on top of US$236m @POTUS already requested in 2022 budget to support independent media worldwide (>40% increase, he says, on 2020 figure).
Good to hear @SheilaCoronel at #SummitForDemocracy mention IFPIM (@FundFreeMedia) and the new #Pluralis initiative led by @mdiforg and backed by philanthropy & publishers - echoed by the New Deal for Journalism agenda.
The #SummitForDemocracy also hearing from @RadioFreeAsia's @bayfang,
@ContraC_HN's @jenalear, & @BBCWorld's @BBCSanaSafi...
.@SheilaCoronel reminds us that #journalism is an important dimension of the US anti-corruption strategy, also discussed at the #SummitForDemocracy:
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements...
.@SecBlinken also mentions @USAID funds for a new Media Viability Accelerator. #SummitForDemocracy
At #SummitForDemocracy, @SecBlinken announces financial contribution from the US to IFPIM - huge congratulations to the tireless work of @JamesMDeane @nishantlalwani @Sheetal_Vyas99 @khadijapatel and colleagues in recent years.
https://twitter.com/sdp/status/1468538638367657985?s=20
Huge huge huge news from @SecBlinken for IFPIM (http://IFPIM.org - #SummitforDemocracy https://twitter.com/sdp/status/1468535122228039681
Starting soon: The #SummitForDemocracy session on Media Freedom and Sustainability, featuring @SecBlinken, @ministerBZ, @melaniejoly, @mariaressa, Dmitry Muratov, @AgnesCallamard - and the New Deal for Journalism:
https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy/
01 Dec 20: call w @harlemdesir @Cam_Grenier to be @Forum_InfoD Lead Rapporteur on the #sustainability of #journalism.
08 Dec 21: a #SummitForDemocracy session on Media Freedom & Sustainability will ask "What would a #NewDealForJournalism look...
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Addressing corruption -> Prosecuting money laundering from authoritarian govts.
Defending against authoritarianism -> Independent media, fair elections, supporting activists & tech impact.
Human rights -> Multilateral sanctions.
The most compelling challenge of our time: Defending democracy against authoritarianism.
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