Democracy Now! Thursday, September 24, 2026

Headlines for September 24, 2026; Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa on Trump’s Media Ban, Regulating AI & the “Tech Coup in Plain Sight”; Should U.N. Help Set Global AI Rules? AI Tech Billionaires Address Security Council; “Colonial AI”: African Countries Seek Tech Sovereignty But Fear a New Digital Colonialism; “Gilded Rage”: Jacob Silverman on How a Radicalized Silicon Valley Shapes Trump’s AI Policies

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