Big Question: How Are Cybercrime Laws Weaponized to Legalize Repression?
Edited by Maya Recanati and Beth Kerley Across the globe, autocrats are working to quash dissent online through a combination of domestic legal tools and digital surveillance. In particular, vaguely worded...
Defending Democratic Norms in Global Tech Governance
In the UN system and beyond, authoritarian maneuvers and democratic disillusionment are fundamentally challenging the participatory, multistakeholder models that have so far prevailed in governing digital technologies....
Stronger Together: Coalitions as a Catalyst for Information Integrity
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT A new report authored by Tim Niven explores how sweeping changes in the information environment are advancing the efforts of authoritarians in the information space and how coalitions provide...
Democracy at Thirty: South Africa’s Triumph and NED’s Enduring...
As South Africa looks to the future, lessons from NED's grantmaking offer a blueprint for supporting democratic resilience worldwide.
Foreign Agents Laws
Silencing Civil Society through Stigmatizing Narratives: A Conversation with Gina Romero The growing trend of “foreign agents” laws have targeted prodemocratic civil society groups and activists...
Forum Q&A: Irene Mwendwa on Women, Data, and Democracy
As AI technologies assume increasingly prominent roles in everyday life and government decision-making, building representative tools that reflect democratic values is more important than ever. Doing so will...
Digital Directions: October 2024
Digital Directions is a curated newsletter from the International Forum on the evolving relationships among digital technologies, information integrity, and democracy.
Leveraging AI for Democracy: Civic Innovation on the New Digital Playing...
DOWNLOAD THE COLLECTION A new report by Beth Kerley, Carl Miller, and Fernanda Campagnucci outlines possible paths toward a prodemocratic vision for AI. summary Like social media before them, new AI tools promise...
Celebrating the 2023–2024 Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows
The 2023–2024 cohort of Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows brought an incredible wealth of experience, sharp strategic vision, and a spirit of solidarity to NED.
NED Celebrates Release of Vladimir Kara-Murza and 15 Russian Political...
A bipartisan group of Members of Congress, government leaders, and an active network of civil society organizations gathered to recognize the Kara-Murzas and those still imprisoned by the Kremlin.
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