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The Future of Digital Spaces and Their Role in Democracy

Authors: Janna Anderson and Lee Rainie
Source: Pew Research Centers
Year: 2021

Many experts say public online spaces will significantly improve by 2035 if reformers, big technology firms, governments and activists tackle the problems created by misinformation, disinformation and toxic discourse. Others expect continuing troubles as digital tools and forums are used to exploit people’s frailties, stoke their rage and drive them apart. In light of the current conversations about the need to rethink and redesign online public spaces, Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center asked experts how they expect the digital public sphere to evolve by 2035. Some 862 technology innovators, developers, business and policy leaders, researchers and activists responded to this specific question: ooking ahead to 2035, will digital spaces and people’s use of them be changed in ways that significantly serve the public good?

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