Thread by @raisinadialogue

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“Left, Right and Woke: Rethinking Democracy and Technology”

with @MarietjeSchaake @KanchanGupta @PandaJay
@celinecalvez @nealmohan @JJCarafano
#Raisina2021

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@MarietjeSchaake: The digital revolution has had a deep impact on public debate, including due to targeted advertising online that seeks to change user behaviour, especially voting choices.

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@JJCarafano: It is important to distinguish between influencing voters -- a part of the regular democratic process -- and malicious activity manipulating voter choices. I do not see much empirical evidence for the latter.

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@celinecalvez speaking on the political side of digital tools. "We're having the great debate" now. "Who is controlling the spaces?"

@celinecalvez: On the one hand, social media has enriched public debate and improved government engagement with citizens, but it also comes with risks, including the spread of fake news. #Raisina2021

@MarietjeSchaake : #YouTube sold its home page, exclusively, to the US President on the day of the elections!

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@nealmohan: The openness of a platform like YouTube goes hand-in-hand with our community guidelines in protecting our ecosystem of creators, partners and users.
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@nealmohan: These are not rules being written in a black box, we work with organisations from all over the world to determine how our policies work for our platform.

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@PandaJay: The 2014 Indian election was a turning point for the country in how we view the role of technology in elections.

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@MarietjeSchaake: We must remember that the world is not under US law. Governments up to their whims should not be arbiters of platforms...there is nothing like a neutral platform either. We need to take these decisions back to where they belong.

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@PandaJay: Deplatforming is a power that should not rest in the hands of unaccountable tech boardrooms, who were not elected to office. #Raisina2021

@PandaJay: There should be consistency in community standards (online); we should not have different standards for #CapitolHill and #RedFort.

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@MarietjeSchaake: We have a situation where commercial companies are making public policy decisions, and money is driving the reach of the voices of certain parties and foreign actors.

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@JJCarafano: Government being responsible for determining what is legitimate free speech is far more terrifying than what we have now. #Raisina2021

@celinecalvez: So-called “woke” speech and “cancel culture” are not about erasing or censoring speech, but rather contextualising it.

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@nealmohan: Of course we want to work with regulators. Our responsibility is that YouTube builds up free, open societies rather than clamp them up.
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@MarietjeSchaake: Some rights, values, freedoms CANNOT be disrupted. That’s the conversation we should be having.
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@JJCarafano, thanks for the high praise for @raisinadialogue! 🙏

@KanchanGupta does a rapid fire final round and that brings #Raisina2021 Day 2 to a close.

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