"If misinformation can travel across the Atlantic, perhaps knowledge should too?" That was the question I posed to the audience as I opened my presentation at the European Conference in Dublin. A question with a touch of humour, perhaps, but also a serious message Democracy is under pressure. Across Europe and beyond, we are witnessing growing political polarisation, declining trust in institutions and an information landscape increasingly shaped by global technology companies, algorithms and artificial intelligence. At the same time, the digital transformation is changing almost every aspect of our lives. How we communicate, access public services, find information, participate in society and understand the world around us. This raises a fundamental democratic question. How do we ensure that technological development strengthens democracy rather than deepening inequality, exclusion and mistrust? This was also a central question at the European Librar...
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