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This collection of essays by scholars and technologists, which developed as a collaboration between the Ethics Center and The Atlantic magazine, traces the impact of technology on democracy and suggests ways in which technology can strengthen democratic practices and institutions.

    Irina RaicuImage link to full article

    Rethinking Ethics Training in Silicon Valley

    By Irina Raicu

    Dan GillmorImage link to full article

    The Case for Standardized and Secure Voting Technology

    By Dan Gillmor

    Sally LehrmanImage link to full article

    What People Really Want From News Organizations

    By Sally Lehrman

    Jeff JarvisImage link to full article

    Why News Organizations Can't Go It Alone

    By Jeff Jarvis

    Juliette De MaeyerImage link to full article

    Podcasting Is the New Talk-Radio

    By Juliette De Maeyer

    Craig NewmarkImage link to full article

    How Bots and Humans Might Work Together to Stop Harassment

    By Craig Newmark

    Cindy CohnImage link to full article

    How Applied Mathematics Could Improve the Democratic Process

    By Cindy Cohn

    Dan RockmoreImage link to full article

    Getting to Know Your Online Doppleganger

    By Dan Rockmore

    Ifeoma AjunwaImage link to full article

    Corporate Surveillance Is Turning Human Workers Into Fungible Cogs

    By Ifeoma Ajunwa

    Debbie ChachraImage link to full article

    Gratitude for Invisible Systems

    By Debbie Chachra

    Whitney QuesenberyImage link to full article

    Democracy Has a Design Problem

    By Whitney Quesenbery

    Rebekah MonsonImage link to full article

    Freeing Technology From the Pace of Bureaucracy

    By Rebekah Monson

    Alexander HowardImage link to full article

    Protecting the Public Commons

    By Alexander B. Howard

    Arvind NarayananImage link to full article

    The Thinning Line Between Commercial and Government Surveillance

    By Arvind Narayanan and Dillon Reisman

    Meredith BroussardImage link to full article

    Broken Technology Hurts Democracy

    By Meredith Broussard

    Mitchell BakerImage link to full article

    Restoring the Public's Trust in American Journalism

    By Mitchell Baker

    Maeve DugganImage link to full article

    How Platforms Are Poisoning Conversations

    By Maeve Duggan

    Lawrence NordenImage link to full article

    The Voting Technology We Really Need? Paper

    By Lawrence Norden

    Bruce SchneierImage link to full article

    Online Voting Won’t Save Democracy

    By Bruce Schneier

    Alexis LloydImage link to full article

    Disentangling Democracy From Geography

    By Alexis Lloyd

    Malkia A. CyrilImage link to full article

    The Antidote to Authoritarianism

    By Malkia A. Cyril

    Ethan ZuckermanImage link to full article

    The Case for a Taxpayer-Supported Version of Facebook

    By Ethan Zuckerman

    Kawandeep VirdeeImage link to full article

    Democracy Needs Storytellers

    By Kawandeep Virdee

    Alvaro M. BedoyaImage link to full article

    You Cannot Encrypt Your Face

    By Alvaro M. Bedoya

    An Xiao MinaImage link to full article

    When Internet Memes Infiltrate the Physical World

    By An Xiao Mina

    Jonathan ZittrainImage link to full article

    The Age of Misinformation

    By Jonathan Zittrain

    Shannon VallorImage link to full article

    Lessons From Isaac Asimov's Multivac

    By Shannon Vallor

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