Free Speech, Social Media, and Elections: A Factor Analysis
Context On December 2nd, Elon Musk retweeted a thread which was posted at Musk’s behest by Matt Taibbi, called The “Twitter Files.” The thread...
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The Uphill Battle for Democracy in Vietnam
On June 23rd 2022, Phan Huu Diep Anh, a Facebook user living in Ho Chi Minh City, was sentenced to one and a half years in prison on the charge...
How Twitter’s Free Speech Policy for Populists Hurts American Democracy
On Thursday, October 27, 2022, Elon Musk officially closed his $44 billion deal to purchase the social media site Twitter. In the following...
Vox, Populism, and Polarization: A Potential Threat to Spanish Democracy
The rise of populist far-right parties in Europe threatens the continent’s democracies. These parties are dangerous not only because they...
Democratic Erosion in Mexico: AMLO Weakens the Rule of Law
An effective rule of law is essential for a stable democracy. The Rule of Law is summarized as a “durable system of laws, institutions, norms,...
Censorship in Nicaragua – A Massacre of Media
Nicaragua’s government is a regime of accelerating oppression, injustice, and terror. Through Daniel Ortega’s 15 year regime, elections have...
“Amore es pagado con amore” – President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
(“Love is paid back with love” - President Andrés Manuel López Obrador) Mexican President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador greets supporters during a...
Why the Yellow Vests Movement in France?
Yellow Vests Protests, one of the social movements in France, also known as the “Yellow Vests Protests”, or the “Yellow Jackets Protests” aka...
Economic Elite Cooptation in Authoritarianization: The Case of Nazi Germany
The economic elite in a society wield a disproportionate amount of power when it comes to determining the health of the regime. One such case...