The politics issue is here View in the browser Understand the Impact of Technology on Our Democracy. "Today with Cambridge Analytica, fake news, election hacking, and the shrill cacophony that dominates social media, technology feels as likely to destroy politics as to save it. While tech isn't the solution, it can be part of it."  – Gideon Litchfield, editor in chief, MIT Technology Review How social media took us from Tahrir Square to Donald Trump To understand how digital technologies went from instruments for spreading democracy to weapons for attacking it, you have to look beyond the technologies themselves. Read the full story > Fake America great again Inside the race to catch the worryingly real fakes that can be made using artificial intelligence. Read the full story > Who needs democracy when you have data? Here's how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance. Read the full story > The mission of MIT Technology Review is to bring about better-informed and more conscious decisions about technology through authoritative, influential, and trustworthy journalism. edit preferences        unsubscribe MIT Technology Review One Main Street Cambridge, MA 02142 Follow us