#democracy4idiots: "
#Democracies...are beginning to repress their citizens with the same tools,& export them abroad. Two countries in particular—#India &
#Israel—reveal how democracies are drifting toward the very digital authoritarianism they once opposed"
https://phys.org/news/2026-06-exporting-spyware-surveilling-activists-democracies.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter 
From exporting spyware to surveilling activists—how democracies became the new digital authoritarians
"Digital authoritarianism" refers to governments using technology for surveillance and censorship to repress dissent. China remains the master practitioner. There, sweeping surveillance and censorship at home is combined with cyber-espionage and disinformation, censorship and influence campaigns abroad.
#PlutOligarchy #Democracy: "Among low- and middle-income countries, which have not done as well economically, we found there wasn't really a big difference between
#democracies and non-democracies in the provision of what is called basic drinking
#water"
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-democracies-struggling-safe.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter 
Some democracies are struggling to ensure safe drinking water
About two billion people—just under a quarter of the world's population—lack regular access to clean drinking water, and roughly 800,000 people annually die from illnesses associated with unsanitary water.
@thetnholler.bsky.social the
#worldatwar changes quickly. Not sure
#democracies can handle the changes fast enough.
"How Oligarchs Dominate Our Democracies": Northwestern Prof Jeffrey Winters on Book "The Blind Spot"
“
#democracies across the planet are now threatened by what might be called
#fossilfuelfascism – an extremist political movement that breaks laws, spreads lies and threatens violence in an increasingly desperate attempt to maintain
#markets for
#oil,
#gas &
#coal”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...The American epoch of oil is c...
The American epoch of oil is collapsing. What comes next could be ugly
China is dominating the energy transition with astonishing results, while fossil fuel fascists in the US try to turn back the clock
“In their 2018 book How Democracies Die,
#politicalscientists #StevenLevitsky and
#DanielZiblatt noted that
#democracies depend on members of each party recognizing the legitimacy of their
#partisan rivals.”
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...May 13, 2026
May 13, 2026
Two weeks ago today, the U.S.
Evelyn Zupke, the re-elected Bundestag representative for victims of the SED regime, stated her intention to educate voters in Eastern Germany on the value of d...
https://news.osna.fm/?p=44938 |
#news #democracies #eastern #election #former
Election Rhetoric: How a Former Regime Official Plans to Reinvigorate Democracies in Eastern Germany - Osna.FM
Boost democratic awareness in Eastern Germany. Discover how the SED representative advocates for democracy's value to voters disillusioned with their political future.
Steady decline in #Putin's ratings is sending a message, just not the kind #polls in #democracies are designed to capture
As #Kremlin's grip over internet tightens , #pro-war military #bloggers, state-approved “opposition” parties & even #influencers railed against #online #crackdown
State-linked #pollsters report Putin's approval rating has steadily declined, reaching its lowest point during the all-out invasion of Ukraine.
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-online-crackdown-reveals-rift-in-kremlin/
#Russia #RussianInvasion #WarCrimes
A subtle drop in Putin's ratings carries an unusual signal
The steady decline in Vladimir Putin's ratings is sending a message — just not the kind polls in democracies are designed to capture.
As the Kremlin's grip over the internet tightens, pro-war military bloggers, figures from state-approved "opposition" parties, and even influencers have railed against the online crackdown.
State-linked pollsters, meanwhile, report that the Russian president's approval rating has steadily declined, reaching its lowest point during the all-out invasion of Ukraine
Watch Aya Jaffs’s inspiring talk at the #2MR-Conference online:
»Reclaim the internet for #democracies. How Tech Cooperatives can help«
👉 https://watch.2mr.social/w/53cbnLPN9gAu1i1gX8gA5M
> If this is success, their version of #freedom sounds like a threat.
Also check out Aya's column »Code & Capital« at @surplusmagazin:
https://www.surplusmagazin.de/autoren/aya-jaff/
#AyaJaff #Broligarchy #BigTech #OMR #democracy #digitalrights
Aya Jaff: Reclaim the internet for democracies. How Tech Cooperatives can help
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