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Digital democracy and the impending presidential elections in Colombia

With regards to digital democracy, it would seem like every candidate is inhibited, but why? For fear of losing control? For fear of losing their monopoly? Español

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Kissing activity promoted by Candidater.co in Bogota City. Source: Diana Rey Melo / Revista Arcadia. All Rights Reserved.

This article is part of the series "Ellections in Colombia 2018: depolarization and disinformation", developed in partnership with Nueva Sociedad Magazine and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

The demagogic inertia of the presidential campaigns that we have witnesses over the past weeks in Colombia does not appear to have provided digital democracy with the weight and attention that should have been demanded and desired.