Progressive and Inclusive Technology Policy
For the first time in its history, the UK Parliament has been embracing remote methods of working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Select Committees, Prime Minister’s Questions, and, … Continue reading WATCH: Inside the Virtual Parliament
By Luke Cavanaugh. The new year brought with it news that Ciaran Martin, the founding head of the UK’s national cyber security unit, the NCSC, would be stepping down in … Continue reading Cybersecurity and digital democracy in 2020
By Areeq Chowdhury. Fake news, Russian bots, data manipulation. If you think western democracy has been in freefall since the Trump/Brexit earthquake of 2016, brace yourself because that was just … Continue reading 2019 will be a landmark year in the disinformation war
By Areeq Chowdhury. What if we could get rid of politicians and simply vote on everything ourselves? Why limit ourselves to referenda on independence movements, and not have referenda on … Continue reading The fate of digital democracy is linked to the fate of online voting
The UK Government has appointed Chloe Smith MP as the new Cabinet Office Minister responsible for electoral reform following the Prime Minister’s January reshuffle. Her role is also known as … Continue reading E-voting advocate appointed as the new Minister for electoral reform
By Frank Kibble. The General Election that has just been fought in New Zealand was a deeply captivating and forever-shifting contest. Bill English’s National Party were looking to hold on … Continue reading The 2017 New Zealand General Election: A Digital Review
By Frank Kibble. The discussion about digital democracy often focuses on how technology can transform the way people are engaged with politics here in Britain or in other strongly developed … Continue reading La Repartija to Democracia Digital: The Story of Digital Democracy in Peru
The Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) has called on the UK Government to undertake a “full examination of the benefits of and issues presented by electronic forms of counting” and … Continue reading Electoral Administrators tell Government to explore electronic counting
An online voting option in elections should be introduced for British military personnel posted overseas, according to a new report ‘Military Voting’ published today. The report, produced by digital democracy … Continue reading UK Government should pilot online voting for the Armed Forces abroad
The move towards online voter registration has “transformed” access to elections in Great Britain and should be implemented in Northern Ireland “as soon as possible” according to the Electoral Commission. … Continue reading Electoral Commission: Online voter registration has “transformed” access to elections
By Ben Pearson. On the 26th January 2017, WebRoots Democracy (WRD) launched it’s most recent report, Democracy 2.0, in the Thatcher Room, Portcullis House. Alongside our panel discussion with Areeq … Continue reading Write-up: Hitting refresh on the Digital Democracy Commission
By Areeq Chowdhury & Oliver Sidorczuk. Fake news, cyber-trolls, echo chamber. We’re in a new era. An era where digital technology has a tangible impact on our lives and in … Continue reading Facebook and fact-checkers can’t defeat fake news, only education can
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