Partido de la Red and DemocracyOS
Partido de la Red and DemocracyOS
By
Angelica Serna
Re-imagining Democracy in the Internet Era
Even as technology has radically transformed how we relate in the twenty-first century, democracy has been slow to catch up. Political corruption and ineffective bureaucracies have contributed to a declining faith in government, as demonstrated by widespread protests from Mexico and the United States to Argentina. But a group of activists, entrepreneurs, hackers, and students in Buenos Aires have devised an Internet tool they hope will galvanize change in antiquated political systems.
Launched in April 2012, DemocracyOS was conceived as an open-source software and website to help...
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