The European Democracy Shield: Who is it Really Protecting?
The EU's regulations aimed at combating disinformation raise questions about who is really being protected and also about the true purpose of the "European Democracy Shield".
Democracy
Trust - best built on solid ground
J.D. Vance observed that many in the Democratic Party are attempting to manufacture trust from the top down, neglecting the fact that genuine trust is often born from grassroots connections. There's indeed a stark contrast between trust that's artificially constructed through manipulation and censorship, and trust that's organically cultivated from the ground up.
The mathematics of trust (in the media)
The mathematics of trust says that news reporting will increasingly fall flat when the population becomes suspicious of the media. This is now the case for large groups of voters in the U.S. but also the case in Sweden
Anonymous accounts on social media – a threat to democracy?
To advocate for the abolition of anonymity on the internet as now many do, one must be of the (absurd) opinion that the development of history has now reached its definitive end.
Who will guard the search engines?
How search engines work should be considered of great importance by anyone who claims to take democracy seriously, as evident from past elections and recent events.
