New research shows AI‑enabled disinformation swarms can flood social platforms, weaponising generative models and AI agents to sway public opinion and undermine democratic governance. Learn how these influence campaigns operate and what can be done. #AISwarms #Disinformation #DemocraticGovernance #GenerativeModels
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“Co-operatives are not utopias — they are, after all, run by humans — but they do provide a structure for democratic decision-making, fairness and security. None of us is an island unto ourselves.
We need each other to ensure we all have the necessities of life — and the co-operative structures — to grapple with the existential threats we all face including climate change, the rise of disinformation and authoritarianism.”
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Political parties on both the left and right ignore existing economic inequality 📉, finds a study of 12 democratic OECD countries 🌍 (including the US 🇺🇸) over the past 50 years. Increases in the income share of the highest-income percentage of the population 💰 also remain without consequences.
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Ah, yes, #Brazil, that beacon of democratic #enlightenment 🌟, schooling the US on governance while juggling its own political circus 🎪. Because nothing says "democratic maturity" like pretending the pot isn't calling the kettle black. 🍵🔥
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“The lesson from D.C. is that creeping authoritarianism is not best countered by pointing at the water line and warning it is rising. It is countered by fixing the leak, by making the public so secure in their daily lives that they do not look to the strongman in the first place.”
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Africa: Namibian MPs Sworn Into Pan-African Parliament: [New Era] Johannesburg -- Four Namibian parliamentarians were on Monday sworn in as members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), underpining Namibia's commitment to continental unity and democratic governance. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TM5QnD #Africa #Namibia #PanAfricanParliament #DemocraticGovernance #ContinentalUnity
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Sri Lanka: Thrice-struck people hit out at recent electricity tariff hike: (Nathara Abeywickrema/Sunday Times) Angry people are hitting out at the government in the aftermath of the 18 percent hike in electricity tariffs imposed by the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) with approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL).
This being the third electricity tariff hike for this year alone, people have been forced to make… https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-thrice-struck-people-hit-out-at-recent-electricity-tariff-hike/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
“Israeli leadership must realise that there is no military solution to its security concerns.” — King Abdullah of Jordan in Cairo: Peace, God’s mercy and blessings be upon you.
This is how Muslims and Arabs greet others: with a wish for the other to be blessed with peace and the mercy of God.
Our religion came with a message of peace. The Pact of Omar, issued at the gates of Jerusalem almost 15 centuries ago, more than a thousand… https://srilankabrief.org/israeli-leadership-must-realise-that-there-is-no-military-solution-to-its-security-concerns-king-abdullah-of-jordan-in-cairo/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Features #Democraticgovernance
Sri Lanka: Three ex-service chiefs appointed as ambassadors: Three former service commanders have been cleared by the Parliamentary High Posts Committee to take up top diplomatic assignments.
The Parliament announced that Admiral (retd.) Ravindra Chandrasiri Wijegunaratne has been named the new High Commissioner to Pakistan, Admiral (retd.) Damith Nishantha Sirisoma Ulugetenne as new Ambassador to Cuba and Air Chief Marshal (retd.)… https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-three-ex-service-chiefs-appointed-as-ambassadors/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
The Hamas horror is also a lesson on the price of populism – Yuval Noah Harari: (Yuval Noah Harari is the author of “Sapiens,” “Homo Deus” and “Unstoppable Us” and a professor of history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.)
Israelis are struggling to understand what has just hit us. We first compared the current disaster to the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Fifty years ago, the armies of Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack and… https://srilankabrief.org/the-hamas-horror-is-also-a-lesson-on-the-price-of-populism-yuval-noah-harari/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Features #Democraticgovernance
SC orders State to pay Rs.1 M compensation to ex-CID officer arrested with SSP Shani Abeysekara ( Complete judgment): Image: SSp Sharni Abeysekara and SI Sugath Mendis.
CID Sub Inspector Sugath Mendis who had been arrested and interdicted along with former CID Director Shani Abeysekera, was today awarded a Rs. one million compensation by the Supreme Court.
Sub-inspector Mendis was arrested and remanded for 11 months in connection with… https://srilankabrief.org/sc-orders-state-to-pay-rs-1-m-compensation-to-ex-cid-officer-arrested-with-ssp-shani-abeysekara-complete-judgment/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
Sri Lanka – Nation Building, Devolution and the 13th Amendment (2) – Lionel Bopage: A historical perspective
Devolution in Sri Lanka is a story of missed opportunities. The armed conflict ended in 2009, but the political conflict has not. A settlement to the political conflict can be achieved only by offering a share of state power to all communities within a framework of democratic governance. Many Sri Lankans in the country and… https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-nation-building-devolution-and-the-13th-amendment-2-lionel-bopage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Features #Democraticgovernance
Withdraw proposed anti-democratic legislations & prioritise economic recovery – NPC: Image from SYU protest courtesy of Lanka Truth.
The government’s failure to obtain the second tranche of IMF support is a wakeup call regarding the precarious condition of the economy. The IMF has said that Sri Lanka’s economic recovery is still not assured. It has also said that the government has not met the economic targets set for it, particularly… https://srilankabrief.org/withdraw-proposed-anti-democratic-legislations-prioritise-economic-recovery-npc/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Features #Democraticgovernance
Sri Lanka: Proposed Online Safety Bill would be an assault on freedom of expression, opinion, and information – ICJ: 29/09/2023
The ICJ is concerned that the newly proposed Online Safety legislation, if adopted in its present form, would serve to crush free expression and further contract an already shrinking civic space in Sri Lanka.
On 18 September 2023, the Ministry of Public Security gazetted a bill titled “Online Safety” intended to… https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-proposed-online-safety-bill-would-be-an-assault-on-freedom-of-expression-opinion-and-information-icj/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
Sri Lanka: EC declares LG polls nominations valid: The Election Commission (EC) stated that the nominations called for the Local Government (LG) elections, 2023, are still valid, and that they could be cancelled only through an Act in the Parliament.
On 20 September, the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Council, and LG had unanimously consented to cancel the nominations called for the LG… https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-ec-declares-lg-polls-nominations-valid/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
Sri Lanka: FUTA wants public support to save University education: (File photo)
The Federation of University Teachers’ Associations (FUTA) has urged the public to come forward to save the freedom of education and the country’s university system for generations to come.
The FUTA, yesterday (25), staged a protest opposite the University Grants Commission (UGC) against the Government’s alleged efforts to destroy the free education system and… https://srilankabrief.org/sri-lanka-futa-wants-public-support-to-save-university-education/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
Aim of the Online Safety Bill is to repress and restrict all forms of social media – Saliya Pieris: * Notes repression of free expression/media, negative impact on e-businesses/foreign service providers
The primary objective of the recently gazetted draft of the Online Safety Bill is repressing and restricting all forms of social media rather than making cyberspace safer, claimed Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) former President,… https://srilankabrief.org/aim-of-the-online-safety-bill-is-to-repress-and-restrict-all-forms-of-social-media-saliya-pieris/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
HRC54: EU calls on Sri Lanka to enable the right of peaceful assembly and refrain from any use of force against peaceful demonstrators: EU Statement
Mr President,
The EU thanks the Office of the High Commissioner for the report, which we welcome. We reaffirm our commitment to Human Rights, reconciliation and accountability in Sri Lanka.
While the EU recognizes the challenges Sri Lanka has been facing due to the economic and… https://srilankabrief.org/hrc54-eu-calls-on-sri-lanka-to-enable-the-right-of-peaceful-assembly-and-refrain-from-any-use-of-force-against-peaceful-demonstrators/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
30% tax on EPF is unjust as members end up paying more than corporate sector: (Daily FT) Main Opposition SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne on Wednesday alleged that the 30% tax on EPF was unjust as members end up paying more than some in the corporate sector.
Speaking in Parliament on the debate to increase taxation on EPF/ETF from its current 14% to 30%, Wickramaratne said that it was discriminatory, given that even the current 14% tax on EPF… https://srilankabrief.org/30-tax-on-epf-is-unjust-as-members-end-up-paying-more-than-corporate-sector/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #News #Democraticgovernance
