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	Comments on: Albania’s AI minister: &#039;avatar democracy&#039; and the spectacle of accountability	</title>
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		By: Synthetic dissidents: how AI protects dissent under repression - European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) - ZoomYourWeb3		</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[[&#8230;] Recent examples include AI Steve, a synthetic candidate in the 2024 British general election, Albania’s AI minister Diella, and the Danish Synthetic Party.&#160;In democratic societies, this development has sparked [&#8230;]]]></description>
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