If you are curious about the novel results published in Science and Nature by the collaboration btw Meta and US academics, you might want to read #ComplexityThoughts

I try to build some background for non-experts of #ComputationalSocialScience and summarize the main findings.

Finally, I dig into the ongoing debate, covering existing documents and my chats with Sandra González-Bailón, Sander van der Linden, Pierluigi Sacco and others

This debate might be of high interest for self-organized decentralized platforms, such as #Mastodon and the #Fediverse in general

You can read the (100% free) piece here: https://manlius.substack.com/p/are-social-media-undermining-democracy

If you find https://manlius.substack.com/ useful, please subscribe. It is (and will always be) free.

#SocialMedia #Democracy #DigitalDemocracy #DigitalPublicHealth #ComplexSystems #Complexity #HumanBehavior

"Online forums and social media have changed the way campaigns and political groups are able to disseminate ideas and communicate with one another. But what they’ve been less good at is more empathy-building forms of engagement, namely those that require deliberation and consensus."

#TheoBass, 2019

https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/crowdsourcing-democracy-using-wikisurveys/

#SocialMedia #DigitalDemocracy

Parliamentary data should be #OpenData 👇👇

https://democracy-technologies.org/industry-news/parliamentary-data-should-be-open-data/ #OpenGov #DigitalDemocracy #Transparency

Towards digital democracy

Digital technology has transformed the economy, entertainment and our social lives, but extending digital approaches to government and citizenship could radically transform society itself. #digitaldemocracy

https://www.openforum.com.au/forums/towards-digital-democracy/

#Event: Launch of the #DigitalDemocracy Initiative on 28 March, 17.00 CET

Panel speakers:
Mouna Ben Garga,
Innovation Lead, CIVICUS
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Marwa Fatafta,
Interim Director for Policy and International Programs, Access Now

Xeenarh Mohammed,
Regional Project Manager for Africa, Digital Defenders Partnership
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Brian Malika,
Founder of One More Percent,
Partner of Global Focus

Register to attend the virtual event here: https://webinar.thetradecouncil.dk/the-launch-of-the-digital-democracy

Is there a downside to #digitaldemocracy through the likes of #ChatGPT and #GPT4? How do we regain trust in the process when non-programmers and non-coders are writing code with #AI which even its builders acknowledge can add rogue code into apps?

IT'S TODAY! The Demokratie in progress festival at @FuturiumD is here. Discover our "The Opinionator" experience at the #digitaldemocracy exhibit, which invites visitors to reflect on how their opinions are influenced by digital technologies.👉Full program https://futurium.de/de/eroeffnung_demokratie

#TIL about a Free/Libre digital platform for citizen participation that is in use in Spain.

https://decidim.org/

Now we're talking direct democracy! This needs further exploration.

#liquidDemocracy #directDemocracy #digitalDemocracy

I have written part of a proposal for a digital liquid representation system. I would be very grateful it anyone here who might use such a system would let me know what their requirements would be so I can write a well-informed technical proposal.
http://www.gametheatre.org/essays/liquid-democracy-1-scope.html
http://www.gametheatre.org/essays/liquid-democracy-2-ux-specification.html
#Democracy #DigitalDemocracy #DemocracyTechnology #ParticipatoryDemocracy #Participation #directdemocracy #liquiddemocracy

Strategic disinformation and 'trolling' already affects digital discourse. The growing success of digital participatory projects might soon make them targets as well.

https://democracy-technologies.org/participation/will-strategic-trolling-affect-digital-participatory-democracy/

#DigitalDemocracy #Democracy #DemocracyTechnology #Disinformation #Trolling #Bots #Discourse #ParticipatoryDemocracy #Participation

Strategic disinformation and 'trolling' already affects digital discourse. The growing success of digital participatory projects might soon make them targets as well.

https://democracy-technologies.org/participation/will-strategic-trolling-affect-digital-participatory-democracy/

#DigitalDemocracy #Democracy #DemocracyTechnology #Disinformation #Trolling #Bots #Discourse #ParticipatoryDemocracy #Participation

@UlrikeHahn

There is a new publication from the team at @redico that you might find interesting for your work on #DigitalDemocracy 🙌🏾

Tweeting the World a Better Place: Motivations and Values Underpinning the Creation of a Digital Cosmopolitan Persona:
https://doi.org/10.21153/psj2022vol8no3art1653

#Cosmopolitanism #DigitalInterculturality #Postdigitality #DigitalCivicEngagement #Infosphere #DigitalEcology

Another brilliant video from Then & Now on the history of the internet from it's conception as a publicly funded Cold War tool to the early communities and to the present day surveillance dystopia we live in.

I think it's a tragedy that one of the greatest innovations since the printing press was sold off on the dime to these overlords. The deep conviction these people have for market monopolies and their desire to subject what little democracy we have makes them so incredibly dangerous. This video also does a good job in recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of open source while presenting the ideas which can be used to stimulate it.

#bigtech #opensource #mastodon #philosophy #siliconvalley #digitaldemocracy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLLxpAZzy0s

My latest OpEd - on the #Privatisation of #Identity and #Democracy's need for a serious digital solution.

Because let's be honest, it's a complete mess, and it's only getting worse.

"We need a decent digital identity to do ‘virtually’ everything. With a lot more to come. Something I have a right to, that can’t be revoked and that I can take with me and use wherever I go."

#DigitalDemocracy #DemTech

https://democracy-technologies.org/opinion/decent-digital-id-i-want-it-and-democracy-needs-it/

@philipncohen @evelyndouek @jameeljaffer @katiefallow @knightcolumbia

@UlrikeHahn New podcast beginning tomorrow "Views on First", what happens when social media collides with the First Amendment? 

#digitaldemocracy

@UlrikeHahn

Around 40:30 you hear Thomas Friedman (NYT) giving his view on the damage Social Media has done to democracy over the past 10 years.

"What these technologies and Social Media do is they make inefficient authoritarians really very efficient, and they make democracies ungovernable."

#digitaldemocracy
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3j8h5eNlPpXeLE5sdyOGCx?si=zBS5rJviRSm48Dc46cJxow&utm_source=copy-link

An #introduction post huh?
Well I’m Mike, a 30-something husband, dad, #archer (given a chance), #dnd5e player and DM (mainly PbP), enjoyer of #anime and #fantasybooks when I have time.
Working on local gov websites pays the bills. #digitaldemocracy is a big love.
#scottishindependence should be the default and #humanrights are for everyone.

Follow me if you are interested in #politicaltheory #democracy #philosophy #philosophyoflanguage #digitaldemocracy looking to try out building a digital community (to see if it is possible)!

"citizens’ acceptance of an algorithm is strongly shaped by the personal importance of the specific problems an algorithm is supposed to help address and their trust in the organizations deploying the algorithm. The objective performance of presented algorithms affects acceptance much less in comparison" #AI #ADM #DigitalDemocracy https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/padm.12901

"citizens’ acceptance of an algorithm is strongly shaped by the personal importance of the specific problems an algorithm is supposed to help address and their trust in the organizations deploying the algorithm. The objective performance of presented algorithms affects acceptance much less in comparison" #AI #ADM #DigitalDemocracy https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/padm.12901