The White House has come to rely on unilateral powers to make policy. Is that good for democracy?
Brazil’s attempt to strike a balance between free speech and regulation of online platforms has become politicized, writes Digital Technology for Democracy Lab's Yasmin Curzi de Mendonça.
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Weak performance belies X's importance as a gathering place for journalists, politicians, academics, and celebrities whose interactions resounded far beyond, according to the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab's David Nemer.
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“[Brazil's] laws pertaining to free speech are different from the First Amendment in this country,” said the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab's David Nemer. “In Brazil, hate speech is not protected.”
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The University of Virginia Equity Center and Karsh Institute of Democracy have launched the Voices of Democracy: What Democracy Means to Me writing contest for local middle and high schoolers.
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The Karsh Institute, the Miller Center, the Center for Politics, and the Department of Politics are partnering on a pan-University blog offering timely insights on topics related to this year's elections.
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“We saw that for young people today who were raised in two-parent households, they actually get significantly more support from their fathers compared to young people one or two generations ago,” said Sam Pressler, a practitioner fellow at the University of Virginia’s Karsh Institute of Democracy.
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Practitioner fellow Sam Pressler's recent study for the American Enterprise Institute, "The Growing Class Divide in American Civic Life," found that people with high school diplomas or less spend less time in public spaces, less time in hobby groups, and less time in community groups or in sports leagues than those with college degrees and higher. And they’re less likely to host friends, family and neighbors in their homes.
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"When we saw the X decision, we were like: ‘What the hell? This is too much,’” said the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab's David Nemer. “It was a warning to all of us.”
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A Karsh Institute post-doc comments on Brazil's threat to block internet service if X owner Elon Musk does not immediately appoint a new legal representative.
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The Equity Center and the Karsh Institute of Democracy host the “Voices of Democracy: What Democracy Means to Me” writing contest, open to 6th- through 12th-grade students enrolled in public, private, or homeschool programs in Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The contest is open from September 1 to September 30.
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