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In this editorial, Rappler looks back on the decade, and says pushback is inevitable. AnimatED
. Globally, democracy came under attack while authoritarians gained traction. And with that backslide came impunity.
It was the decade of man vs machines: the internet of things, influencer marketing, and digital surveillance clashed with data privacy. It saw the rise of fake news and hate speech. It wasn't all bad. In this decade, the children are all right, as the millennials were pronounced theAlso in this decade, the LGBTQ+ redefined love and marriage; the Me Too movement tore down the walls of silence and shame for abused women; fact-checkers and journalists sifted through the lies. This year, a 16-year-old wisp of a girl, gen Z Greta Thunberg, shook the world from its stupor on climate change.
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