Diminished Democracies: Big Tech, Red Tech, and Deep Tech

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Technology, once presumed to deepen and reinforce democracy, also poses risks to free societies along multiple axes. Large tech companies have gained influence in sectors from financial services to healthcare, while regulators struggle to keep up. Authoritarian states have discovered the use of technology as a method of control. And technology itself has moved into areas such as deep fakes that challenge social reality itself. How important is digital literacy and how can it be established to protect private data? Since the digital is our public sphere, is it time to regulate advertisement by perverse political actors and their agents? Will digital territories shape the 21st century as the Westphalian political model defined the past? Speakers: Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State, Electronics and Information Technology, India Zunaid Ahmed Palak, Minister of State, Information and Communication Technology, Bangladesh Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor, Cyber and Emerging Technology, United States Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation, United States Nanjira Sambuli, Fellow, Technology and International Affairs Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, United States Moderator: Kanchan Gupta, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India The Raisina Dialogue is a multilateral conference committed to addressing the most challenging issues facing the global community. Every year, global leaders in policy, business, media and civil society are hosted in New Delhi to discuss cooperation on a wide range of pertinent international policy matters. The conference is hosted by the Observer Research Foundation in collaboration with the Government of India, Ministry of External Affairs. Click here to learn more on ORF Podcast: www.orfonline.org/podcasts/