Technology and Democracy: Three Lessons from Brexit

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Luciano Floridi

Yale University - Digital Ethics Center; University of Bologna- Department of Legal Studies

Date Written: August 2, 2016

Abstract

Brexit has been described as “probably the most disastrous single event in British history since the second world war.” (Wolf, 2016). This paper discusses three themes to emerge from Brexit (notions of democracy and populism, and the manipulation of digital technologies), and lessons that may be drawn from these for the rest of the Union, and the EU project more broadly.

Keywords: Brexit, Digital technology, Democracy, Populism

Suggested Citation

Floridi, Luciano, Technology and Democracy: Three Lessons from Brexit (August 2, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3840770 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3840770

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