Iceland's government has said a vote on resuming accession talks with the EU will be held in August. Iceland withdrew from talks in 2013 — but rising costs, the war in Ukraine and US imperialism have prompted a rethink.
  • CosmoNova@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    2 hours ago

    Said it once I‘ll say it again: A referendum is a really bad idea for a representative democracy in times of fake news and large misinformation campaigns. The far right loves referendums because it‘s easier to manipulate the masses around a single issue in a short period of time. And that‘s exactly why you should be suspicious of them.

    • BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.infoEnglish
      3·
      52 minutes ago

      I have expressed it once and shall repeat it again: a referendum is an atrocious idea in times of the printing press and foreign influence crusades. The royalists fancy plebiscites for it allows them to mislead the common folk into expressing the existence of the monarchy as “will of the people”. And that’s exactly why they shall not be trusted.

      Oh sorry this is /c/Europe, not /c/YUROP

    • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.spaceEnglish
      5·
      1 hour ago

      The same can be said for democracy in general. Disinformation is carbon monoxide in the bloodstream of civil society, and LLMs (“AI”) accelerate it.

      • nucleative@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 hour ago

        Are there any reliable sources that LLMs accelerated disinformation? Naturally I’m on the lookout for disinformation.

  • stoicEuropean@lemmy.mlEnglish
    12·
    4 hours ago

    It’s about time. Since the icelandic people are so dependent on fishing, I would even be fine with it, if they got some kind of special deal that protects their domestic fishing waters.