It’s time to update the democratic operating system
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Hong Kong Protests Chinese Extradition Bill
www.washingtonpost.com/world/hundreds-of-thousands-in-hong-kong-protest-law-to-allow-extraditions-to-china/2019/06/09/4cba9dde-8926-11e9-9d73-e2ba6bbf1b9b_story.html
Report on Democracy
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-world-2019 Global scores for countries indicating freedom based on civil liberties and political liberties. The map shows trends for different countries with reports analyzing what challenges the free world is...
Why Are Outdated Voting Machines Still Running U.S. Elections?
Host: Anil Dash @AnilDash Function is a podcast about how technology is shaping culture and communications.Host and Glitch CEO, Anil Dash, sits down with the developers behind some of the world’s best-known apps, games and services, and also talks with users, critics...
Zug Switzerland
The Swiss Municipality tests digital ID's and voting on the blockchain. Voter's were able to use their smart phones and the city's eID to test voting. The ease of use was key to its success. Zug e-vote
‘Corporations Are People’ Is Built on an Incredible 19th-Century Lie
If the basis of corporations as People is flawed then how can they contribute to campaigns?
Voting machine update
Last year we learned how easy it is to hack voting machines. Looks like not much has changed. https://www.engadget.com/2018/01/26/voting-machine-makers-are-already-worried-about-defcon/ Read more here
Support for Democracy High Around the World | Pew Research Center
When Democracy Dies Not in Darkness but in Dysfunction
Do social media threaten democracy? – Scandal, outrage and politics
https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21730871-facebook-google-and-twitter-were-supposed-save-politics-good-information-drove-out
SAVE Act attempts to bolster election security
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-election/senators-aim-to-protect-election-systems-from-hacking-idUSKBN1D022S
Pro-Democracy activist freed
Paper voting records
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/virginia-election-machines-hacking-target-242492
Voting Machine Hackers Have 5 Tips to Save the Next Election
Can Technology Help Democracy
I came across an interesting collection of essays today on the Atlantic. These articles cover everything from e-democracy, online voting, social media, news surveillance and innovation with bots. For more information read here:...
Hello free world!
It is time to update our Democratic OS. From today's voting technology to representative accountability, we can improve our civic engagement.