Tag Archives: digital democracy

Journalism, People, Psychology, Technology

Audrey Tang – Taiwan’s first digital minister on rebuilding democracy

IN 2014, the approval rating of Taiwan’s government was less than 10 per cent. Popular dissatisfaction culminated in the Sunflower Movement, with students occupying legislative buildings to protest a proposed trade deal with China. Three weeks later, their demands were met. A decade on, this is seen as a turning point in Taiwanese democracy…

Paul Ryding for New Scientist

This article first appeared in New Scientist on 1 July 2024. To continue reading, click here (paywall).

Journalism, Medicine

On the surveillance society

HOW is it that we live in a world that is awash with our personal information, where most of us would be shocked if we knew exactly how much we give away about ourselves each day – and yet, when a crisis came along in which that information could have made all the difference, it didn’t…?

This article first appeared in The Guardian on 21 May 2021. To continue reading, click here.