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Blinken: Technology Must Sustain Values03/18 06:02
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken underscored the need to make sure
that technologies sustain democratic values, telling a democracy summit on
Monday that authoritarian regimes deploy them to undermine democracy and human
rights.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
underscored the need to make sure that technologies sustain democratic values,
telling a democracy summit on Monday that authoritarian regimes deploy them to
undermine democracy and human rights.
Blinken spoke at the ministerial conference of the third Summit for
Democracy, a U.S.-led initiative held in Seoul, South Korea, this year.
"Revitalizing democracy will also require us to shape the technological
future, that's inclusive, that's rights respecting, directed at driving
progress in people's lives," Blinken said.
"As authoritarian and repressive regimes deploy technologies to undermine
democracy and human rights, we need to ensure that technology sustains and
supports democratic values and norms," he said.
U.S. President Joe Biden first proposed the idea of a democracy summit
during his 2020 campaign and has called for the U.S. and like-minded allies to
show the world that democracies serve societies better than autocracies.
Also Monday, Blinken met South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and
President Yoon Suk Yeol for talks on North Korea and the U.S.-South Korea
alliance, according to the South Korean government.
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