Annika Savill

Published: Dec. 6, 2019, 1:30 p.m.

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Annika Savill, Executive Head of the UN Democracy Fund admits that the word \\u201cdemocracy\\u201d doesn\\u2019t appear anywhere in the UN charter, but finds it exists in the demands of people everywhere who are working to hold their governments accountable. She tells Andrew Keen that, as a former journalist, she is passionate about facts and worried about clickbait and \\u201ctidbits of information without verification.\\u201d She also offers the concept of \\u201ccitizens\\u2019 assemblies\\u201d as an alternative for referenda, and muses about exploring the relationship between \\u201clinguistic echo chambers\\u201d and democracy.

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