by Innovation in Politics Institute
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People Powered Launches Updated Ratings on Digital Participation Platforms

Yesterday saw the release of People Powered’s latest Digital Participatory Platforms Ratings, via digital launch event. We joined in to hear the latest, see the results and learn about the process.

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Jan Wegner, CEO of Polyas

E-Voting, Trust, and the Holy Grail of Political Elections

Polyas is an e-voting company from Germany. Democracy Technologies talked to one of their CEOs, Jan Wegner, about the company’s recent achievements and plans for the future.

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Defending Democracy Against ‘Team Jorge’ and Cyber Saboteurs

Democracy’s destruction has become a lucrative business, highlighting the fact that its defence requires ‘eternal vigilance’. We spoke to Patrick Penninckx, Head of Department for Information Society at the Council of Europe and Peter Wolf of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, to ask them what’s being done — and what else needs to be.

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Upgrades, Allocations and Destabilisations

CitizenLab releases a new feature, journalists reveal anti-democratic operations and participatory budgets in the US set for a huge boost.

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Civic tech Europe

Civic Tech in Europe: Can it Boost Participation in 2024 EU Elections?

How can civic tech improve participation in the 2024 European elections? This was the focus of last night’s event, hosted by the Association of Civic Tech Europe (ACTE) at the European Parliament in Brussels, which brought together some of the biggest names in civic tech in Europe.

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Audits, AI Bills and Calls to Action

Brussels calls on young people to have their say, while in the USA, Wisconsin completes it's election audit and a Massachusetts senator submits an AI bill written by an AI.

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Online Voting Needs Recognised Security Standards

After years of build-up, the Danish voting company Assembly Voting is expanding quickly. Founder and CEO Jacob Gyldenkærne explains his vision and his belief in security and quality standards.

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Councils, Capitals and Commissions

Barcelona is declared 'European Capital of Democracy', the Council of Europe excludes civil society from the first AI treaty and the Indian Electoral Commission demos a remote voting system.

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Behind the Scenes on Open Source Democracy Technology

We decided to shine a light on the motivations, challenges and views, of some of the dedicated open source developers who spend countless hours building and bug-fixing the democratic tools and platforms of the future.

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Barcelona Voted First ‘European Capital of Democracy’

The city impressed a citizens jury, with projects including Decidim — a modular open source digital participation platform now in use around the world.

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Access, Accessibility and Alleged Fraud

Wheelchair access is won in Denver's first participatory budget, New South Wales removes i-voting affecting vision impaired citizens, and Bolsonaro supporters storm congressional buildings in Brazil.

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Kosmo was launched at the Berlin office of Liquid Democracy

Exploring AI Moderation – A ‘Kosmo’ Journey

A group of Germany-based organisations recently launched a prototype AI experiment which aims to radically improve online deliberation and help moderators by analysing and elevating quality contributions.

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Building Automated, Personalised and Transparent Government Services

Zencity is dual headquartered in New York and Tel Aviv and works with more than 300 small, medium and large local governments around the world to improve trust through improved services.

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People Love Participatory Budgets

French company Fluicity is working to become the international leader in self-service and ‘white-label’ digital participation platforms. We spoke with CEO Julie de Pimodan about market developments, her plans and views on open source.

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‘Fluid’ Representation, Improved Deliberation and ‘Liquid Democracy’

Moritz Ritter is the Managing Director of Liquid Democracy - a Berlin based non-profit based on the concept of the same name. Here, he talks to us about the importance of creating more 'fluid' forms of political engagement and improving both deliberative and representative processes through technology.

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