"Audrey Tang, 44, uses her hacker skills, her IQ of 180, and her position as Taiwan's minister of digital affairs which she has held for nearly 10 years to make the internet a safer place. Her goal is to ensure that the web serves its users, not the other way around. Although she does not believe in democracy without technology, she tries to reduce the time she spends online by keeping her screens in grayscale and avoiding compulsive consumption of content."
"She also argues that artificial intelligence is a parasite that fosters polarization. For advancing the social use of digital technology to empower citizens, renew democracy and heal divides Tang has just won one of the 2025 Right Livelihood Awards, known as the alternative Nobel. The award ceremony will take place on Tuesday, December 2, in Stockholm. Tang is the first transgender minister in the history of her country's cabinet."
"Her work laid the foundation for the 2014 Sunflower Movement, when hundreds of young people occupied Taiwan's parliament in protest of a trade agreement with China that had been negotiated in secret. The minister believes that the internet though full of conflict and polarization has the power to give citizens a direct role in policymaking and restore trust in the state:"
Audrey Tang, 44, combines hacker skills, an IQ of 180 and nearly a decade as Taiwan's minister of digital affairs to make the internet safer and more civic-serving. Tang declared broadband a human right, created a mask map to report real-time availability during the coronavirus pandemic, and organized campaigns against disinformation and deepfakes. Tang emerged from g0V and helped lay groundwork for the 2014 Sunflower Movement. Tang emphasizes participatory digital tools to rebuild trust and says citizen approval rose from 9% to 70% by 2020. Tang created ROOST, a decentralized collaborative online safety system for the 2025 Paris AI Summit.
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