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Belarus: Winning Elections, Old-School Style

March 28, 2018
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The local elections in Belarus are a strong indicator that Lukashenko’s regime is there to stay. Some oldfangled gimmicks help them win the needed votes.

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Big Advertisers Crusade for Transparency on Social Media: What’s the Catch?

March 26, 2018
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Major advertisers push social media companies for more transparency, but will reform or more extensive data mining be the response?

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The Future of China’s Internet: No One Will Be Left Unscored

March 22, 2018
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Master's candidate at the CEU School of Public Policy, Svetlana Zens writes about the social scoring system: the new pastime in China’s society. With the government in charge as of 2020, it could turn into a torment.

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America’s Cyberspace: A Return to Isolationism

March 21, 2018
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William Jordan writes about the US cybersecurity implications of the 5G revolution. Jordan is a Master's candidate at the CEU School of Public Policy and he's taking the CMDS practicum course run by CMDS director Marius Dragomir at the CEU School of Public Policy.

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Markos Kounalakis comments on free speech in The Sacramento Bee

January 21, 2015
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In his article "Ideas are worth defending against dictators and theocrats", CMDS fellow Markos Kounalakis comments on the attack against Charlie Hebdo, and what the defence of ideas and free speech means in the 21st century.

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