Concerns about democracy in the digital age By JANNA ANDERSON and LEE RAINIE https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/02/21/concerns-about-democracy-in-the-digital-age/ An internet pioneer and technology developer and administrator predicted, “My expectation is that by 2030, as much of 75% of the world’s population will be enslaved by artificial By intelligence-based surveillance systems developed in China and exported around the world. These systems will keep every citizen under observation 24 hours a day, seven days a week, monitoring their every action.” Technology can improve or undermine democracy depending on how it is used and who controls it. Right now, it is controlled by too few. KEVIN GROSS Miguel Moreno, professor of philosophy at the University of Granada, Spain, an expert in ethics, epistemology and technology, commented, “There is a clear risk of bias, manipulation, abusive