GZERO's Global Stage, 2023 Paris Peace Forum: 'How are emerging technologies helping to shape democracy?'
https://www.youtube.com/embed/7SrN359pB94
Transcript: ['gatekeeping the public sphere'] Maria Ressa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Ressa "We protected the public sphere, except now technology, ... But technology has taken over as the gatekeepers to the public sphere. And they've largely, actually, they have abdicated responsibility when lies spread six times faster than facts. ... So we're being insidiously manipulated. What used to be advertising and marketing platforms have been exploited by geopolitical power. ... I'm just saying that insidious manipulation when the tech is a behaviour modification system, when we do not have agency, journalists are under attack. Our standards and ethics prevent us from fighting back in a way that the platforms demand." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SrN359pB94&t=456s
