Sentences with phrase «impact on our democracy»

«Now is a time of reckoning for all tech and internet companies to truly consider their impact on democracies worldwide.

These trends have resulted in serious questions being asked about the impact on democracy at the local level.

«We understand by the design of this programme that the chain is never stronger than its weakest link and it is vital to have the participation of all the different stakeholders, not operating in silos, but reaching out to each other so that we would see a re-doubled impact on democracy and consolidation in the country.»

Assessing educational reforms for their impact on democracy is particularly relevant in the current educational policy climate that favors practices potentially antithetical to civic education.

«Now is a time of reckoning for all tech and internet companies to truly consider their impact on democracies worldwide,» said Nuala O'Connor, President of the Center for Democracy & Technology.

Her network of sources and contacts grew to include not only former employees who regretted their work but academics, lawyers and others concerned about the impact on democracy of tactics employed by Cambridge Analytica and associates.

Nuala O'Connor, the president of Washington DC - based non-profit Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), said it's now «a time of reckoning for all tech and internet companies to truly consider their impact on democracies worldwide.»

Fewer than half of Americans trust Facebook to obey U.S. privacy laws, according to a Reuters / Ipsos poll released on Sunday, while a survey published by Bild am Sonntag, Germany's largest - selling Sunday paper, found 60 percent of Germans fear that Facebook and other social networks are having a negative impact on democracy.

The fears regarding Facebook's impact on democracy are likely due in part to the spread of fake news stories that appeared on Facebook during the U.S. 2016 presidential elections.

Not exact matches

New Social Data Initiative to equip scholars and researchers with processes, data, and information necessary to examine the impact of social media on society, beginning with elections and democracy.

Cambridge Analytica's Abuse of Facebook User Data Shows Profound Impact of Technology on Democracy

Comments made by Unilever chief marketing officer Keith Weed in February sound mighty relevant in the light of Cambridge Analytica: «It is acutely clear from the groundswell of consumer voices over recent months that people are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of digital on well - being, on democracy — and on truth itself,» Weed said.

The psychological effect from these pieces have had a terrible impact on the minds of those who are non-white, but not to mention the horrifying tales that democracy started with the Greeks and Romans.

More education is required for democracy to flourish — education about the system, the impact of voting, the importance of changing things that are broken and an awareness of what is going on behind the smokescreen.

It is fear, it is torture, it is the impact on the family, it is the loss of work and income, it is the tragedy that affects children when they see the violence used in taking their father away and demolishing him as a person, it is the amazing deterioration of life's possibilities, it is losing one's dreams to become a professional and independent person or becoming someone who could participate more actively in democracy.»

In others we might have to settle for doing no harm, avoiding unintended negative impacts on development when pursuing democracy, and vice versa.

«This is a debate that won't go away and I believe that the BBC has to think carefully about its presence locally and the impact that has on local democracy,» she added.

The Deepening Democracy report recommends a number of measures to limit the impact of political finance on the integrity of elections.

The panelists discussed the impact of small donor matching funds on civic participation and rejuvenating our democracy.

Miner also told the committee the state's decisions directly impact the city of Syracuse and corruption has a «corrosive influence on our democracy.»

A closer look at the recent local elections can help to shine a light on the future of the «Northern Powerhouse» and its impact on local democracy in the North of England.

This follows Unlock Democracy's research into the 2007 Scottish elections which suggests that advertising had almost no impact on turnout in elections.

Aunty Beeb is no longer the voice of the nation, they wait for the nod from Downing St. before they upset a foriegn government, so we're relying on CLAMERON, the showbiz couple with the integrity of FIFA executives, to lead the way.Sorry people of Bahrain, but democracy is no longer a dream to dream of, it's a commercial element, to be factored in, or out, depending on the + or - commercial / political impact.

It had a huge influence on medieval political thought and Anglo - Saxon political authority, and a foundational impact on ideas of tolerance, democracy and equality.

It was fine that they passed over his views on Mao, fine that they ignored his practical impact on Labour's electability in the 1980s, fine that they left unquestioned his own claims as a tribune of democracy.

«Addressing the negative impact that the Citizens United decision has had on our democracy is important,» Stewart - Cousins said in a statement to Gotham Gazette, «but also we must take action to fix our own glaring campaign finance and ethics issues in New York State such as closing the LLC Loophole which also allows special interests to contribute endless amounts of money.

Protect local democracy and democratic rights by commissioning a thorough review of federal preemption law and its impact on the practice of local democracy in the United States.

While the districts may be humorous to look at and vary greatly in their population size, the impact has been devastating on our democracy.

The Conservative Government's plans to curb the powers of the Freedom of Information Act would have a detrimental impact on Welsh democracy and public services, Kirsty Williams, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats has said.

But they are right, and they are not alone in being alarmed at the extent of the bill's impact on everyday democracy in the UK.

«Threats to MPs are in themselves chilling in a democracy, but they also have an impact on the people who work for us,» he told PoliticsHome.

An unusual proposal last March from Luo Fuhe, vice chairman of the China Association for Promoting Democracy, a minor political party, declared that slow internet speeds and restrictions on nonpolitical sites were having «an enormous impact on China's social and economic development, and on scientific research,» according to China Digital Times, a California - based website that features uncensored news from China.

We are particularly concerned about the fact we live in a democracy where the level of information of our fellow citizens has impact on the choices they make and the actions they take.

Arizona «Ground Zero» for Koch Attack on Public Education (The Center for Media and Democracy) Mention of HGSE Professor Marty West's research into voucher programs in Louisiana and their impact on student achievement.

The effectiveness of public schools in developing engaged citizens has rarely been examined empirically,» notes a new Mathematica report on the impact on civic participation of Democracy Prep, a network of charter schools that educates more than 5,000 students, mostly in New York City.

The Civics lesson plans that were created specifically for this site cover the impact that Jamestown colony had on American democracy as well as encourage students to become actively engaged in the democratic principles of citizenship.

Researchers at UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education and Access interviewed 87 elementary, middle and high principals across California to gauge the impact of the recession and budget cuts on student welfare and school learning environments.

In the process, they will reflect on the challenges that face a democracy and the impact that individual choices have on a society as a whole.

The exhibition will be expanded by an artist panel discussion on April 24 at the Marfa Theatre Building, examining the role of optimism in contemporary culture: how it impacts politics, economics, democracy, and cultural development.

Gallery artists living and dead confront power structures and their impact on migration, censorship, struggles for democracy and equality across the globe: Ian Hamilton Finlay's wooden block / guillotine «La Révolution est un bloc», Yayoi Kusama's enveloping sculpture «Prisoner's Door», Chris Ofili's «Union Black» flying over the gallery entrance, Wangechi Mutu's action painting «Throw» and work by Elmgreen & Dragset, Wolfgang Tillmans, Kara Walker and others.

Gallery artists living and dead confront power structures and their impact on migration, censorship, struggles for democracy and equality across the globe.

«What is the impact of our criminal justice system on our conception of democracy itself?»

I think mobile broadband there will have a huge impact on traditional and conservative sectors like education, health, creative arts (film, etc.) and certainly democracy.

Randers, co-author of the seminal 1972 report «Limits to Growth,» which highlighted the devastating impacts of economic and population growth on the Earth, argues that capitalism and democracy will continue to hamper climate action.

The wide range of inter-connected topics will include: local food, public policy, democracy, local business, the commons, cooperatives, local finance, spirituality, connecting to nature, economic indicators, health, education, bridging the North - South divide, the new economy movement, climate justice, cultural diversity, biodiversity, environmental justice, income inequality, and the impact of the economy on our psychological well - being.

Tom Tanton, Director of Science and Technology Assessment for the Energy & Environment Legal Institute, will testify on July 24th in front of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Energy and Power as part of their hearing on «Laboratories of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies.»

Washington, D.C. — Today, Tom Tanton, Director of Science and Technology Assessment for the Energy & Environment Legal Institute (E&E Legal), will testify at 10:00 a.m. before the U.S. House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power at their hearing titled, «Laboratories of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies.»

«Judge Posner basically thinks that efforts to engage the unengaged are futile or otherwise not worth it, and a view of democracy that accepts that 50 % of the population doesn't vote is preferred to one that asks how can we get more people to engage to effect decisions made by others that impact on their lives... «I think this view is so depressing I can't envision how he wrote 400 pages describing it.

Around 100 customers came to watch debaters battle it out over the right of the Strasbourg Court to influence British judges and the impact of its human rights rulings on democracy and justice in the UK.

This has a negative impact on the continent's development, given the role that the availability of the law has in stimulating investment and strengthening democracy and the rule of law.