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Social media double standards favor autocrats?

DemDigest    August 3, 2020 August 3, 2020   

  THE interaction @Ostrov_A and I had with @Twitter’s representative during the Knesset hearing that exposed the double standards on their platform. #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate #AdoptIHRA pic.twitter.com/l5pD55XHSL — מיכל קוטלר-וונש – Michal… Read more »

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National Endowment for Democracy    #populism #poland #polishelection #NEDemocracy #JoDemocracy

Russia’s Far East protests show Putin slipping

DemDigest    August 3, 2020 August 3, 2020   

  Why are some observers more sensitive to autocrats’ perceptions than democrats’ need for solidarity? Excellent riposte from @NEDemocracy board member @AmbDanFried https://t.co/rvra4LvJuB — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 29, 2020… Read more »

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Authoritarianism   

‘Disinformed to death’: The best defense against digital authoritarianism is….

DemDigest    August 3, 2020 August 3, 2020   

Disinformed to Death https://t.co/DFOqGBbXwm via @nybooks — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) August 3, 2020 For the better part of four years, those sounding the alarm about the dangers of fake news… Read more »

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Analysis, Authoritarianism, disinformation    #LocalizationLab, #NYRB, disinformation

The newest way to silence dissent during a pandemic

DemDigest    August 3, 2020 August 3, 2020   

The newest way to silence journalists, @JRezaian writes: Jail them during a pandemic https://t.co/gsEqH4Adom — Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) August 3, 2020 The same global health crisis that is helping the… Read more »

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Authoritarianism    #defenddemocracy, #JasonRezaian

‘Tired Of Being Afraid’: Belarus election jolts Europe’s last dictator

DemDigest    July 31, 2020 July 31, 2020   

Some 60,000 people joined an opposition rally in Belarus, where presidential candidate Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya said she was “tired of being afraid” and wanted to bring about peaceful change in the… Read more »

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Analysis, Authoritarianism, Belarus, Elections, Europe    #Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus

Cuba’s liquidity crisis: Will Covid force reform or further repression?

DemDigest    July 31, 2020 July 31, 2020   

  The #Castro regime has aged badly. Cuba’s rum was legendary, before the regime stole it to finance their repression. Now every bottle sold keeps Cuba’s dictatorship in power longer…. Read more »

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Analysis, COVID-19, Cuba, Democracy Digest, Dissidents   

Reconstructing democracy vs. dangerous new populism

DemDigest    July 31, 2020 July 31, 2020   

  My column this week: Peru is heading towards a dangerous new populism https://t.co/m3cMa5pb7z — Michael Reid (@michaelreid52) July 23, 2020 In her 2017 book, Democracy: Stories From the Long… Read more »

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Analysis, Authoritarianism, National Endowment for Democracy, populism    #populism #poland #polishelection #NEDemocracy #JoDemocracy, #ReconstructingDemocracy

NBA ‘prostitutes itself for the Politburo’ as China sanctioned over Uyghur genocide

DemDigest    July 31, 2020 July 31, 2020   

China has employed high-tech surveillance tools and thousands of law enforcement officers to lock down the restive Xinjiang province in a bid to halt the largest outbreak of Covid-19 since… Read more »

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Analysis, Asia, China, Xinjiang   

Electoral prohibitionism: You can’t save democracy by curbing it

DemDigest    July 30, 2020 July 30, 2020   

Bello – The return of rigged elections in Latin America https://t.co/4yXJS4TPMY — Democracy Digest (@demdigest) July 30, 2020 Latin America is facing a ‘decline of democracy’ under the Covid pandemic,… Read more »

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Democracy Digest    #Electoralprohibitionism, #LatinAmerica, #TheEconomist

Darfur violence seeks to derail Sudan’s fragile transition

DemDigest    July 30, 2020 July 30, 2020   

  Efforts to bring stability to Sudan’s conflict-ridden Darfur region have failed to reassure residents fearful of rising violence which has cast a shadow over peace negotiations, Reuters reports (HT:FDD)…. Read more »

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Africa, Sudan    #NEDemocracy #DemAward #HumanRightsDay

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