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Informational autocracies are replaced by democracies when the informed elites are too numerous to censor or co-opt. Abstract. We develop an informational ... The Future of Information series is connecting national leaders in data and information science, first amendment policy and law, educational policy and ... The word comes from two Greek words that mean “rule by the people.” In a democracy the people have a say in how the government is run. They do this by voting, ... Mar 4, 2019 ... surveillance capitalism, a term she coined in 2014, is undermining personal autonomy and eroding democracy — and the ways she says society can ... Mar 20, 2025 ... ... informational tool against democratic regimes themselves. The best way to survive, according to them, is to kill democracies from within. We ... Jun 3, 2022 ... Within this framework, three types of equilibrium emerge: “overt dictatorship,” in which incom- petent dictators repress the public; “democracy, ... Dec 16, 2024 ... How did an intervention, providing accurate information to voters in Türkiye, address misperceptions and affect demand for democracy? Along the dimension of democracy, informational strategies have equivalent strengths. Command-and-control regulation has especially serious democratic drawbacks ... Authoritarian leaders are increas- ingly mimicking democracy by holding elections and, where necessary, falsifying the results. A key element in our theory of ... SUBJECT: "Representative Democracy for a Growing California: Should Counties Have Elected Executives and Larger Boards?" Agenda [PDF] · Backgrounder · Measure A ...