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The Centre for International Governance Innovation offers expert research and policy analysis at the intersection of technology and international governance.
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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    CIGI
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    Jul 8, 2024
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    Learn more about how CIGI tackles the governance challenges and opportunities of data and transformative technologies, including AI, and their impact on the economy, security, democracy and, ultimately, societies. ⬇
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    Feb 10, 2020
    Democracy is being undermined by social media platforms. The International Grand Committee on Disinformation and Fake News wants to stop this.
    About the International Grand Committee
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    Jan 13, 2018
    #Blockchain Explained: Why it stands to revolutionize the way we interact with each other
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    Jan 4, 2018
    So much more than #Bitcoin: An explainer on #blockchain technology
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    Jul 2, 2018
    In the battle against false online discourse, the focus has been on ads, bots and Russians. But focusing on these areas does nothing to alter the fundamental business model of social media, which creates echo chambers by design: @MollyMcKew
    Searching for a Stronghold in the Fight Against Disinformation
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    Jan 24, 2019
    If implemented, the #WRCCMR report "A Call to Action" will change the way we respond to refugees, says Co-Chair of the World Refugee Council @jmkikwete. Learn more at worldrefugeecouncil.org
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    Oct 29, 2019
    🎥| We've arrived at a time when platforms like Google, Facebook and Amazon need to be governed. And the approach must be global.
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    Nov 18, 2020
    Join us in welcoming new CIGI Fellow Nanjala Nyabola (@Nanjala1). She is a writer and researcher based in Kenya, and her work focuses on the intersection between tech, media and society. Read her earlier piece on platform governance of political speech: cigionline.org/publications/m…
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    Aug 26, 2019
    “The most important takeaway from #G7Biarritz is that US leadership has totally disappeared,” says CIGI’s @TomBernes. “Other leaders, Macron in particular, are learning how to fill the gap.”
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    Nov 13, 2017
    Day 2 in Berlin, the World Refugee Council discusses the role of media in changing the toxic narrative around #refugees. How does media storytelling affect the perception of refugees and migrants? #WRCCMR
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    Oct 5, 2019
    "A lie told a million times becomes a fact; that’s the reality of social media, and that’s what authoritarian-style rulers around the world are taking advantage of." — @mariaressa
    Maria Ressa: “Facebook Broke Democracy in Many Countries around the World, Including in Mine”
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    Dec 17, 2019
    "#Facebook broke democracy in many countries around the world, including in mine.” – @mariaressa Read the full interview here: cigionline.org/articles/maria…
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    Jan 25, 2019
    ICYMI: Watch the press conference for the launch of the World Refugee Council's report "A Call to Action: Transforming the Global Refugee System." webtv.un.org/watch/launch-o… cc: @UNWebTV @lloydaxworthy @jmkikwete @fenhampson #WRCCMR
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    Jan 14, 2022
    If Web 2.0 was predicated on selling our data, #Web3 will have us sell ourselves as it doubles down on extractivism. Without a critical perspective, familiar harms will not only be replicated; they will be exacerbated, writes @hackylawyER in a new piece:
    Amid the Hype over Web3, Informed Skepticism Is Critical
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