Resources

EU's Digital Services Act & U.S. Democracy

The EU’s proposed laws would make for more prepared and resilient democracies in the face of algorithmically supercharged violence and hate

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Opinion: Algorithm 'gatekeepers' undermine democracy and health

Realigning the commercial incentives of Big Tech with the values of democracy and social welfare does not mean a government-imposed standard for truth or draconian limits on free speech.

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It’s not that we’ve failed to rein in Facebook and Google. We’ve not even tried

Shoshana Zuboff explains how data doesn’t just help Big Tech predict our behaviour, it changes it. But democracy can fight back.

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Slouching towards dystopia: the rise of surveillance capitalism and the death of privacy

Our lives and behaviour have been turned into profit for the Big Tech giants – and we meekly click “Accept”. How did we sleepwalk into a world without privacy?

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The new rules for the internet - and why deleting Facebook isn’t enough

Outlining radical but essential new rules for the internet, because deleting Facebook isn’t enough

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Russia's Election Interference Is Digital Marketing 101

Ben Scott and Dipayan Ghosh discuss how the unchecked market power of social-media companies is subverting elections.

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Did Google and Facebook break democracy

Unchecked, the Internet has led our democracy into crisis. Reset’s Ben Scott offers a plan to fix it

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Defending Democracy

The challenges of shaping a reform agenda to protect democracies from disinformation, polarisation and tribalism.

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Introducing Our Open Calls

Reset announces three open calls to find and fund projects that help tackle surveillance capitalism; to engage a diverse group of individuals and organisations; to build a thriving network; and facilitate the redistribution of knowledge and resources.

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Why Technology Will Shape the Future of Democracy

Code can be changed, markets can be regulated, democracy can be strengthened.

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Disinformation is becoming unstoppable

Why relying on a news marketplace serving advertisers over citizens harms democracy.