New research shows AIโenabled disinformation swarms can flood social platforms, weaponising generative models and AI agents to sway public opinion and undermine democratic governance. Learn how these influence campaigns operate and what can be done. #AISwarms #Disinformation #DemocraticGovernance #GenerativeModels
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โCo-operatives are not utopias โ they are, after all, run by humans โ but they do provide a structure for democratic decision-making, fairness and security. None of us is an island unto ourselves.
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Political parties on both the left and right ignore existing economic inequality ๐, finds a study of 12 democratic OECD countries ๐ (including the US ๐บ๐ธ) over the past 50 years. Increases in the income share of the highest-income percentage of the population ๐ฐ also remain without consequences. Read Full Article #EconomicInequality #PoliticalParties #OECDStudy #IncomeDisparity #DemocraticGovernance
โThe lesson from D.C. is that creeping authoritarianism is not best countered by pointing at the water line and warning it is rising. It is countered by fixing the leak, by making the public so secure in their daily lives that they do not look to the strongman in the first place.โ
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Sri Lanka: Thrice-struck people hit out at recent electricity tariff hike: (Nathara Abeywickrema/Sunday Times) Angry people are hitting out at the government in the aftermath of the 18 percent hike in electricity tariffs imposed by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) with approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL).
This being the third electricity tariff hike for this year alone, people have been forced to makeโฆ https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-thrice-struck-people-hit-out-at-recent-electricity-tariff-hike/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
(Nathara Abeywickrema/Sunday Times) Angry people are hitting out at the government in the aftermath of the 18 percent hike in electricity tariffs imposed by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) with approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL). This being the third electricity tariff hike for this year alone, people have been forced to [โฆ]
โIsraeli leadership must realise that there is no military solution to its security concerns.โ โ King Abdullah of Jordan in Cairo: Peace, Godโs mercy and blessings be upon you.
This is how Muslims and Arabs greet others: with a wish for the other to be blessed with peace and the mercy of God.
Our religion came with a message of peace. The Pact of Omar, issued at the gates of Jerusalem almost 15 centuries ago, more than a thousandโฆ https://srilankabrief.org/israeli-leadership-must-realise-that-there-is-no-military-solution-to-its-security-concerns-king-abdullah-of-jordan-in-cairo/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Features #Democraticgovernance
Peace, Godโs mercy and blessings be upon you. This is how Muslims and Arabs greet others: with a wish for the other to be blessed with peace and the mercy of God. Our religion came with a message of peace. The Pact of Omar, issued at the gates of Jerusalem almost 15 centuries ago, more [โฆ]