Digital Threats to Democracy Dialogue: summary report
The Digital Threats to Democracy (DTD) Dialogue was a day-long, closed-door session that brought together a distinguished group of diverse subject matter experts, government officials and civil society stakeholders to examine intersecting digital challenges to democracy. This report consolidates and summarises the key points of the presentations, discussions and recommendations for consideration that arose from the DTD Dialogue.
The aim of the Dialogue was to foster connections across subject matter and policy areas in order to spark new ideas and more coordinated approaches to meet these challenges. To foster frank discussion, the session was conducted under Chatham House rules. Therefore the comments and recommendations made during the Dialogue and reflected in this report are not attributed. Additionally, the summary of the Dialogue and recommendations for future consideration should not be taken as endorsed or agreed upon by all Dialogue participants but rather are a refection of the ideas and topics discussed.
The Dialogue was structured according to key themes and was divided into five concurrent panels that featured presentations by subject matter experts. It also included two keynote speeches delivered by international experts:
- Nina Jankowicz, Vice President at the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience, and
- Dr Joan Donovan, Research Director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University.
