Digital platforms and their consequences for democracy

Digital platforms and their consequences for democracy

Digital platforms have become the essential infrastructure of modern life. They power everything from our group chats to businesses, shopping, election campaigns and emergency coordination. They instantly connect us and continuously feed us information.Yet although they broker information everywhere, the power of digital platforms remains largely invisible.Read the full story on Times2.

Is Digital Colonialism Changing South Asian Politics Through Youth?

Apart from these conspiracy theories, one fact is apparent: Digital platforms, particularly those owned by Facebook and Twitter (X), are playing a drastic role in launching, organizing and supporting socio-political movements and revolutions in South Asia where these developing countries, already marked by high-debt dependency, poverty, unemployment, poor governance, corruption, and illiteracy, are heavily reliant on international INGOs, NGOs, f…