Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Getty In 2014, when hundreds of student protesters occupied Taiwan's legislature for 23 ...

Democracy today is shaped as much online as it is offline. Protests start in encrypted chats; debates unfold in comments, and discourse is filtered through algorithms. The promise of the internet was ...

It’s hard being a patient. In 2006, I received a diagnosis that decimated my outlook on life. This was followed by a second opinion that revived it with an entirely different diagnosis and treatment ...

RIO DE JANEIRO / ABUJA, Apr 7 2025 (IPS) - In an increasingly digital world, democratic practices are evolving to encompass new forms of participation. Digital democracy – the use of technology to ...

On January 13, the citizens of Taiwan took to the polls in a presidential election bombarded by the full coordinated force of information manipulation and influence operations directed by the People’s ...

When his mother was elected president of her neighborhood gardening club, it prompted Nathan Schneider to think differently about his work. No, he isn’t a horticulturist, and while he has a wall-sized ...

What happens when the world of technology—of tech giants, governments and regulators—comes to collide with the world of democratic processes, elections, civic engagement and information flows? This ...

The Digital Democracy Initiative (DDI) is a partnership between Denmark and the EU (DG-International Partnerships- G1) aimed at safeguarding inclusive democracy and human rights in the digital age.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. CalMatters’ Digital Democracy won The Trust in American Institutions Challenge, a national call for a bold solution to ...

When I began covering California politics 49 years ago, digital technology was in its infancy and the Capitol ran on paper. If you wanted to know what was on the Legislature’s agenda, you visited the ...