---
title: "Shareable quotes from experts on the future of democracy"
description: "Key quotes from a Pew Research Center canvassing of experts about the effect of technology on democracy."
date: "2020-02-21"
authors:
  - name: "Reem Nadeem"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/02/21/quotes-from-experts-on-the-future-of-democracy/"
---

# Shareable quotes from experts on the future of democracy

The digital disruption of democracy has been a leading concern over the past four years – a time of the [Brexit decision](https://www.referendumanalysis.eu/eu-referendum-analysis-2016/section-7-social-media/impact-of-social-media-on-the-outcome-of-the-eu-referendum/) in the United Kingdom, the [American presidential election](https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.31.2.211) and a [variety of other elections](https://www.technologyreview.com/f/609478/last-year-social-media-was-used-to-influence-elections-in-at-least-18-countries/). The hunt for remedies is at an early stage.

In a [report released today](https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2020/02/21/many-tech-experts-say-digital-disruption-will-hurt-democracy/), Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center canvassed technology experts in the summer of 2019 to gain their insights about the potential future effects of people’s use of technology on democracy.

Here are some shareable quotes from these experts.

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