The idea that the Internet is a challenge to democracy is absurd. It's a catalyst. Democratic outcomes !== outcomes you like.
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Replying to @mmay3r
The problem is that such so-called democratic outcomes are subject to manipulation of information by foreign powers for the express purpose of ruining a country's stability.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @mmay3r
Kush Retweeted Daniel Callcut
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@mmay3r - please read this prescient passage from a 2003 book on truth and trithfulnes:https://twitter.com/danielcallcut/status/973613158974873600 …Kush added,
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Replying to @ankushnarula @mmay3r
Exactly. The Internet sure does catalyse democracy, but at the hefty price of utterly distorting it, because virality, not veracity, dictates the speed of data permeation. This is before we even get into Russia's well-documented weaponisation of the Net.
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Replying to @G_S_Bhogal @mmay3r
Yes. The West's vulnerability to such divisive attacks is due to the increasingly fragmented nature of our cultures and values. We can partially thank the Internet for accelerating this process.
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Yup. Many mistakenly assume that democracy is good in itself. But if the masses are manipulated with lies, and thereby vote on false premises, democracy becomes a bad thing. And unfortunately, the Net allows manipulation on an unprecedented level.
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