"When you work it all through, only 6% of #GenZ really support a #dictatorship, in any recognised sense of the term. The problem we seem to be facing is not a whole generation of autocratic young people but a complex question answered quickly in #onlinepolls and hugely overinterpreted in subsequent reporting.

#Youngpeople don’t want dictators: they want government that works
https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/young-people-dont-want-dictators-they-want-government-that-works/

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#UKpolling
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#UKpolitics

Young people don’t want dictators: they want government that works

New research finds that reports of a Channel 4 poll gave a very misleading picture of young peoples’ attitudes to government and democracy

East Anglia Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

TechXplore: Online surveys susceptible to automated bot fraud. “Promoted widely across social media, the Perth 2050 survey received more than 2,000 responses. But after a surge of activity on Facebook, it was discovered that roughly 600 of those responses came from bots. These weren’t simple scripts: They left comments that ranged from nonsensical to eerily coherent and capable of swaying […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/12/techxplore-online-surveys-susceptible-to-automated-bot-fraud/

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