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Digital Democracy: Past, Present, Future An Interview with Vinton G. Cerf Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google

Published: 19 February 2020 Publication History

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In this 2019 interview, Vint Cerf, co-creator of the Internet, reflects on the evolution of the Internet from a computational to a social medium. He shares his concerns about the spread of disinformation and the way that the negative feedback loop created by rating systems encourage the propagation of sensationalism and falsehoods. He argues that, while authentication technology, in particular, will play an important role in fostering a more civil and civic Internet, ultimately, the solutions for strengthening democracy lie less with technology than in critical thinking by individuals and more democratically governed, bottom-up, and consensus-based institutions. Some of these institutions already exist while new ones have yet to be invented with robust new governance mechanisms to foster international collaboration on some of the hardest issues of our time.

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    cover image Digital Government: Research and Practice
    Digital Government: Research and Practice  Volume 1, Issue 1
    January 2020
    97 pages
    EISSN:2639-0175
    DOI:10.1145/3384392
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    Published: 19 February 2020
    Accepted: 01 October 2019
    Received: 01 October 2019
    Published in DGOV Volume 1, Issue 1

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