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Crowdsourcing: more than just an online solution
My three thoughts on the Crowdsourcing Act of 2012: comments must be actionable, offline components must be present, and political barriers must be removed.
Internet libel: a new criminal offense in the Philippines
Criminalising Internelt libel will harm freedom of speech by forcing online (and offline) behaviour to change from one of critical and creative opinion-making to that of subservience.
Naming a bully, catching a plagiarist
How the Philippine online community responded to these events is an example of the power of social networks and the radical potential of social density. I think ‘emotional density’ (as part of social density) in these two cases played a bigger role in moving people to name the bully and scrutinise a Senator’s speech.
Social media as platforms for good governance
Here’s my take on the furor in the Philippines over Mislang’s Twitter fiasco and the recent moves to regulate the use of social networks by government employees. This whole issue …
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – other examples
This serves more as an appendix to the main articles I’ve written on the subject. I plan to update this list of best practices in e-democacy / e-governance / open …
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 3/3
Some inspirations Digital Public Square of the District of Columbia Vivek Kundra, America’s Federal Chief Information Officer (CIO), spearheaded this project when he was still the Chief Technology Officer of …
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 2/3
Starting points for practicing E-democracy “A democracy requires accountability, and accountability requires transparency. As Justice Louis Brandeis wrote, “sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.”” (Memorandum of the …
Democratising and socialising data to empower the public domain – part 1
This month’s article is brought to you by the letter ‘E’ and ‘D’ —‘E’ for ‘electronic’, ‘D’ for ‘democracy’. Taken apart, they each constitute a vast body of meanings. Google …
“…In the face of doubt, openness prevails."
Day 3 of the Obama Administration and it looks like Obama’s keeping his word. Yesterday saw the signing of an executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, as …
