by Nicole B | Apr 6, 2021 | Rollins College
For just over a year the world has been swept up in a pandemic. This pandemic has affected nearly every person on Earth in some way or another. According to the Economist in The Pandemic has Eroded Democracy and Respect Human Rights the virus has taken a big toll on...
by Andrey Chun Sarmiento | Dec 14, 2020 | James Madison University
Can Vladimir Putin revolutionize the way autocrats censor the internet? It is no secret that the press and journalists have experienced ever-increasing challenges in Russia since President Vladimir Putin took power in 1999. Reporters Sans Frontière ranked...
by Patrick Connor | Dec 10, 2020 | Brown University
Spread over six floors, thousands of employees stare at their computer screens scanning Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube in the middle of a traffic-clogged city. This is a content moderation center, contracted by many major internet companies to remove...
by Julianna Rossi | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
Poland’s media problem began with President Andrzej Duda’s election in 2015. He started with blatant attempts to control the commanding heights of the media, especially public television. Duda accomplished this by directly controlling messages published on TV...
by Peter Fedyk | May 15, 2020 | Georgia State University
Poland’s Law and Justice party has infamously peeled back layers of democracy year by year since their surprise majority win in 2015. Using their control of both houses of the legislative branch, the party have made unprecedented moves against the independence of the...
