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Technology and democracy

The paradox that digital tools can democratize information and participation while simultaneously concentrating power in the hands of those who control the platforms—a tool that connects everyone is also a tool that can manipulate everyone. Democracy requires not just access but genuine plural ownership of the infrastructure.

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