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		<title> Reflections on the Pandemic Effect on Internet Use and Democracy (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, around the same time, the release on the same day of two flagship reports on 'the Internet' had prompted me to write an article on CircleID entitled 'Connecting the Next 46 Percent: Time to Pick the Good From the Bad and the Ugly'. I was then prudently asking whether 'the more we connect the world, the less free it becomes?'. Who would have known that a pandemic would erupt a few months later, unveiling different perspectives in assessing that very same question? <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20210208-reflections-on-the-pandemic-effect-on-internet-use-democracy">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title> Connecting the Next 46 Percent: Time to Pick the Good From the Bad and the Ugly (Featured Blog)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 5th of November 2019, the release of the first of ITU's Measuring Digital Development series coincided with Freedom House's unveiling of its Freedom on Net 2019 report. This serendipity prompted me to write this blog note after carefully examining both reports. On one hand, ITU's analytical publication, with its new friendly format, emphasizes that Internet use continues to spread, warning however that the digital gender gap is widening. <a href="https://circleid.com/posts20200124_connecting_the_next_46_percent_time_to_pick_the_good_from_the_bad">More...</a>]]></description>
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