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ON 28 April 2022, the White House announced the launch of the ‘Declaration for the Future of the Internet’. The Declaration, signed by 60 countries, is a political commitment to advance a positive vision for the internet and other digital technologies, with commitments to: Protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of all people; Promote a … Continued
On 23 April 2022, the Commission announced that a political agreement has been reached between the European Parliament and EU Member States on the December 2020 proposal on the Digital Services Act (DSA). The DSA will set an unprecedented new standard in holding platforms accountable for illegal and harmful content, providing better protections for users … Continued
Freedom House has released policy recommendations targeted towards helping to counter authoritarianism and support human rights and democracy in the Nations in Transit region. Solutions will need to involve states, civil society and the private sector, and care should be taken to ensure that solutions do not result in strengthened undemocratic alliances. Recommendations focus on … Continued
The United States is launching multistakeholder platforms, called Democracy Cohorts, to take joint action in supporting commitment implementation in priority focus areas. Each Democracy Cohort will bring together governments and authorities that demonstrate the political will for progress on key Summit commitments in cooperation with the relevant non-governmental stakeholders. Each cohort will be co-led by … Continued
Erol Yayboke, Catherine Nzuki, and Anastasia Strouboulis provide an overview of the newly-announced prologue to the 2020 U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability, the Global Fragility Strategy (GFS). Priority countries that will be the focus of targeted violence prevention programming and new congressionally appropriated funding include Haiti, Libya, Mozambique, Papua New Guinea, Benin, … Continued
The Digital Impact and Governance Initiative (DIGI) compiled a list of the over 100 commitments made that related specifically to technology and democracy. DIGI identified six broad areas of focus: Institutional readiness Digital transformation Information integrity Free, open and interoperable internet Critical and emerging technologies Cybersecurity and countering authoritarianism The list is available in a … Continued
Bálint Magyar and Bálint Madlovics in Project Syndicate illuminate the depth of Fidesz manipulation in Hungarian elections on 3 April. Fidesz manipulates elections by changing the rules of the game, with hundreds of amendments made over the past years to the election law. The party also wielded the power of state machinery, with cash payments … Continued
Andy Heil defines six main takeaways from the 3 April Hungarian elections in Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Initial results indicate that ruling party Fidesz will control two-thirds of the seats in the next parliament, establishing a comfortable majority. This result went against expectations, as polls predicted a much closer race, with observers claiming that the … Continued
Jeanne Bourgault and Jason Lambert of Internews write about the challenges for independent media and how data-based strategies can help independent outlets to thrive, with a US-led initiative called the Media Viability Accelerator (MVA) that was announced at the Summit. The past two decades has seen traditional media disrupted, scores of outlets closed, and increasingly … Continued
On 24 March 2022, President Biden and President von der Leyen released a statement underlining the commitment of the US and EU to supporting the people of Ukraine, condemning Russian aggression, and investing in democratic resilience in Ukraine and among its neighbours. Transatlantic efforts will continue to be coordinated towards aligned sanctions, significant humanitarian relief, … Continued
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