Keynote: #HackingDemocracy: Will Our Societies Hold?
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Argues that large platforms and authoritarian states are already weaponizing code to reshape democracies, citing MongoDB deletion of Russian users, emergence of sanctions.net blacklists, open‑source investigators like Bellingcat, and forensic exposes of Pegasus/NSO. Claims transnational tech firms and red tech distort public spheres, enable election interference traced to China since 2018, and concentrate life‑critical decisions in unaccountable hands. Calls for reciprocity, new transnational regulation, accountable corporate governance, and culturally sensitive enforcement to restore trust and legitimacy.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Start
- 0:21Black Hat Asia Singapore
- 0:47Housekeeping Notes
- 4:38A Russian Invasion in Ukraine
- 6:47Declaration for the Independence of the Internet
- 8:19Legal Sanctions
- 9:18Sanctions Net
- 10:45Internet Problems Are Global Problems
- 23:05What Are the Threats to Democracy
- 33:17Crisis of Trust
- 35:35Crisis Is Legitimacy
- 39:52China
- 43:09Business Model of China Tech
- 50:41Business Hall
