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By WebRoots Democracy January 6, 2019September 18, 2019

2019 will be a landmark year in the disinformation war

By Areeq Chowdhury. Fake news, Russian bots, data manipulation. If you think western democracy has been in freefall since the Trump/Brexit earthquake of 2016, brace yourself because that was just … Continue reading 2019 will be a landmark year in the disinformation war

By WebRoots Democracy December 4, 2018September 18, 2019

New survey finds that EU citizens support online voting and want social media transparency

A major new survey by the European Commission with 27,000 respondents has found that online voting would be the most preferred method of voting for citizens living in another EU … Continue reading New survey finds that EU citizens support online voting and want social media transparency

By WebRoots Democracy November 14, 2015November 20, 2015

European Parliament: EU citizens living abroad ‘must be able to vote online’

The European Parliament has voted to adopt a set of reforms to the 1976 EU Electoral Act by 315 votes to 254. The reforms include the need for member states … Continue reading European Parliament: EU citizens living abroad ‘must be able to vote online’

By WebRoots Democracy June 10, 2015

The EU referendum: Engaging in Europe

By Alex Hitchcock. The European Union is an enigma, comprising a bewildering mix of legal, economic and political institutions and legislative bodies. Its complexity leads to a misunderstanding of its … Continue reading The EU referendum: Engaging in Europe

By WebRoots Democracy January 30, 2015

Youth apathy on a European scale?

By Alex Campbell. It is a constantly repeated mantra that ‘young people today’ in the UK and Europe are uninterested in politics. Voter turnout is falling rapidly and the youth … Continue reading Youth apathy on a European scale?