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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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