#digital-democracy — Public Fediverse posts

Democratic Tech Models Proliferate Globally

Explore real-world examples of democratic technologies in action, from Japan's Team Mirai to Scotland's civic AI initiatives, in a fascinating series of essays on The Renovator. Get inspired by four case studies that showcase the power of tech in promoting democracy and civic engagement worldwide.

https://osintsights.com/democratic-tech-models-proliferate-globally?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#DemocraticTechModels #DigitalDemocracy #CivicTechnology #GlobalGovernance #TechnologyForDemocracy

How do the civic tech ideas in Plurality hold up in real-life citizen participation?

Reviewer Ralf Grötker weighs in on the book's collaborative origin - Read the Q&A 👇 https://netopia.eu/ralf-grotker/ #Plurality #CivicTech #DigitalDemocracy #BookReview #GovTech

How do the civic tech ideas in Plurality hold up in real-life citizen participation?

Reviewer Ralf Grötker weighs in on the book's collaborative origin - Read the Q&A 👇 netopia.eu/ralf-grotker/ #Plurality #CivicTech #DigitalDemocracy #BookReview #GovTech

Netopia

Die Nutzung von Social Media verringert nicht automatisch das Vertrauen. Die Dynamik ist komplexer: In Deutschland deuten SOSEC-Paneldaten darauf hin, dass sinkendes Regierungsvertrauen zeitlich vor der verstärkten Nutzung von Social Media als Nachrichtenquelle liegt. Ein wichtiger Beitrag zur Debatte über digitale Öffentlichkeiten.

👉Zum Paper 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-026-08323-4
#digitaldemocracy #vertrauen #socialmedia

How have I never noticed this was around the corner from my house?? #digitalDemocracy #Berlin

📚 My new reference article, Digital Infrastructures of Democracy

How do AI, data, and digital infrastructures reshape democracy?

#OpenAccess

https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/63015/chapter/565958122

#DigitalDemocracy #AI #OpenAccess

WHERE OTHERS LOSE CONTROL – WE STAY IN THE LOOP.

https://blog.infinito.nexus/blog/2026/06/16/where-others-lose-control-we-stay-in-the-loop/

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin only with bad leaders, dangerous ideologies, or manipulated information.

It also grows in emptiness: in closed youth centres, underfunded libraries, commercialised public squares, and feeds that replace conversation with performance.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/where-do-we-gather-the-geography?r=6l8ed8

#CivicIntelligence #Democracy #PublicSpace #Belonging #DigitalDemocracy #AIAndSociety #SocialInfrastructure #DemocraticResilience

„Wir können viel von der katholischen Kirche lernen: wir brauchen Räume, die Leute geil finden, wenn sie reinkommen.“

Talk über die Frage, warum Alternativen zu Big Tech trotz „richtiger“ Werte oft scheitern. Die Antwort liegt oft im Produkt selbst.

Bessere Online-Plattformen entstehen nicht durch moralische Überlegenheit allein, sondern durch gute Nutzererfahrung, starke Communities und pragmatische Strategien.

#rp26 #republica #republica26 #Mastodon #Fediverse #Platform #DigitalDemocracy

“Democratizing AI” should mean more than giving people access to AI tools.

A key point from the talk “How to Fight the Broligarchy by Democratizing AI?” at #rp26:
AI is increasingly controlled by a small group of powerful companies, while the societal risks are shared by everyone.

Real democratization means citizens and workers should become co-authors of the systems shaping society, claims Annette Zimmerman.

#AI #DigitalDemocracy #republica #republica26

Ah, the New York Times, valiantly fighting for democracy by... reminding us to enable #JavaScript and disable our ad blockers! Because clearly, the real threat to freedom is missing out on their precious banner ads. 📰🔒💰 #Priorities
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/world/americas/actually-democracy-dies-in-hr.html #NewYorkTimes #AdBlockers #DigitalDemocracy #MediaPriorities #InternetFreedom #HackerNews #ngated

We already live inside software.

The Code Beneath the Floorboards is our new series on the digital systems shaping schools, work, public services, democracy, and daily life.

First post: Open Source Is Not Just for Nerds - because open technology is about autonomy, trust, repair, and power.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/open-source-is-not-just-for-nerds?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#OpenSource
#OpenTechnology
#CivicTech
#DigitalSovereignty
#DigitalRights
#PublicInterestTech
#TechForGood
#DigitalDemocracy

Are synthetic outrage and viral certainty the same as truth?

A post feels true because it is everywhere. A claim feels settled because everyone is reacting.

This piece is about that fragile space between attention and conscience, and what happens when we mistake the noise of the crowd for moral clarity.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/crowds-without-conscience-jung-digital-crowds?r=6l8ed8

#MediaLiteracy #Misinformation #Disinformation #DigitalDemocracy #SocialMedia #CriticalThinking #SyntheticMedia #AttentionEconomy #DigitalEthics

Open tools are not just technical choices. They are democratic ones.

This is the principle behind the digital commons: that the systems shaping our learning, civic life, data, and participation should not be locked away from the people who depend on them.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/rebuilding-digital-commons?r=6l8ed8

#DigitalCommons #CivicTech #OpenSource #OpenEducation #DigitalDemocracy #CommunityData #Democracy #DigitalInclusion #CommunityEmpowerment

Sometimes the real outcome of civic education is not knowledge gained, but agency returned.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/designing-democracy-a-new-method?r=6l8ed8

#Democracy
#CivicEducation
#CivicTech
#DigitalDemocracy
#YouthEngagement
#ParticipatoryLearning
#PeaceEducation
#EuropeanYouth
#EUProjects
#EducationInnovation

We started with youth participation.

Then the question changed: participate in what kind of public space?

One where citizens can deliberate and influence decisions, or one where attention is manipulated, outrage is amplified, and trust is quietly dismantled?

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/youth-participation-civic-immunity-democracy-disinformation?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#CivicImagination #Democracy #YouthParticipation #Disinformation #DigitalDemocracy #AIandDemocracy #DemocraticResilience

RE: https://fediscience.org/@oatp/116438875358622213

"Maximal transparency is almost certainly not ethically desirable."

Desirable 'for whom'?

For platforms facing regulatory scrutiny, opacity is a feature. For users discriminated against by biased recommendation engines, transparency is survival. For communities targeted by algorithmic manipulation, openness is a civil liberty.

This paper usefully breaks transparency into dimensions and degrees—providing the "choice points" for an ethics of algorithmic openness. But let us be clear: the stakeholders who need transparency most are rarely the ones invited to design these systems.

Our job as advocates for privacy, free software, and civil liberties is not to settle for the "ethically optimal" comfort zone of the powerful. It is to push the needle toward the maximum and let the burden of justification fall on those who demand secrecy.

Let us use it to demand more.

#DigitalJustice #AlgorithmicBias #PrivacyRights #OpenScience #AlgorithmicGovernance #DigitalDemocracy #InfoSec #TechPolicy

The Keystone Collective says: The Republic Is Not a Platform. You Are a Digital Citizen, Not a User. Act Like It. https://www.keystone-collective.org/the-republic-is-not-a-platform-you-are-a-digital-citizen-not-a-user-act-like-it/ #DigitalDemocracy #TechnoAnarchism

The right to gather doesn’t fail only when it is removed.

It also fails when the conditions that make gathering possible - shared awareness, visibility, overlap - are no longer reliably there.

A right can exist in law and still lose its force in practice.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/right-to-gather-algorithm-age?r=6l8ed8

#HumanRights #DigitalDemocracy #FreedomOfAssembly #Algorithms #MediaLiteracy #CivicEngagement #EUCharter #Democracy #TechAndSociety

What if democracy wasn’t taught… but experienced?

1,000 young people stepped inside a civic metaverse to live it.
This report captures what happened — and what it might change.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/the-european-union-and-democracy?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#DigitalDemocracy #YouthParticipation #EUDemocracy #PeaceEducation #XR #Metaverse #EUProjects #CivicEducation #InnovationInEducation