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Is This Tyranny? Notes from the election’s sidelines
"A funny thing happened in 2008: I lost the right to vote. Having been a non-resident of Canada for five years, I could no longer cast an absentee ballot. And not being a citizen of the United States, I could not, still cannot, vote where I live. So there it is. I am, in the eyes of the world’s elections agencies, an extravagant and wheeling stranger of here and everywhere." (Mohamed, 2020)
Privacy Cannot Be a Casualty of the Coronavirus
“Many Americans now rely on digital tools to work remotely and stay connected. They shouldn’t have to sacrifice their privacy to use them” (NYT Editorial Board, 2020).
The Virus in the Body Politic
"In authoritarian China and democracies such as the U.S., the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the infections that societies have left in each other – and the loss of a sense of shared destiny" (Weiwei, 2020)
Europe’s approach to AI governance: time for a vision
"The immediate reflex to turn to AI to help tackle the outbreak of COVID-19… is a topical case in point. Coordinating AI policies at the EU level could secure a level playing field of protection and benefits for European citizens… and leverage Europe’s strengths on the global market" (Smuha 2020).
There Is An Antidote to Our Fear. It’s Called Leadership
“If the coronavirus crisis is analogous to a war — and I believe that it is — Mr. Trump’s initial Easter forecast bears a chilling resemblance to the hollow promises made at the onset of other conflicts, such as our Civil War and World War I, in which the troops would “be home by Christmas” (Elliot Ackerman, 2020).
The Virus Comes for Democracy
“Whatever advantages autocracy might offer for shaping a response to the pandemic, it becomes truly dangerous when the strongman chooses to deny the threat or to give some alternative narrative” (Serge Schmemann, 2020).
Coronavirus and the Dawn of Post-Democratic Europe
"Hungary has used the pandemic to abandon its last vestiges of democracy—and to dare the EU to do anything about it" (Hockenos, 2020)
How Authoritarians Are Exploiting the Covid-19 Crisis to Grab Power
"For authoritarian-minded leaders, the coronavirus crisis is offering a convenient pretext to silence critics and consolidate power. Censorship in China and elsewhere has fed the pandemic, helping to turn a potentially containable threat into a global calamity. The health crisis will inevitably subside, but autocratic governments’ dangerous expansion of power may be one of the pandemic’s most enduring legacies." (Roth, 2020)
A Silent Spring Is Saying Something
“Every one of the unprecedented, vastly consequential, health and economic measures that state, local and federal officials have taken up to now...reflects an unarticulated ethical position about...how do we maximize the common good in the least heartless way” (Thomas L. Friedman, 2020).
Elections And Covid-19
This Technical Paper offers an initial overview of key points for electoral administrators, governments and civil society organizations on administering elections amid the continued spread of COVID-19. (IDEA, 2020)
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