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This Is Digital Politics
February 28th, 2022
Politics is complex and its digitalization is a long process that has been occurring in one form or another ever since the conception of computers, even well before the appearance of the World Wide Web.\[1]\[2] This evolution ranges from the use of modern real-time communications over the internet by public institutions\[3] to the sharing of publications in websites such as those presented by city portals. 79% of these portals are linked to social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr! Another use case on the Asian continent; South Korea already successfully deployed a small-scale on-line polling in Gyeonggi-do where around 9000 participants decided the destiny of 527 community projects.\[4] The most impactful change in politics in consequence of its digitalization by whatever measure however, is the shift of the political discourse from official channels to social media platforms. All recent mass protests were, or rather still are, organized on-line inspired by #hashtags!\[5] But we will leave the discussion of the huge impact of social media in politics to another time. Lets just point out that in many places around the globe meeting sessions are now recorded and streamed live on YouTube such as those made by the local governmental structures in the city Almada, Portugal in Europe.\[6] According to the World e-Parliament Report 2020 issued by the Inter-Parliamentary Union\[7], more than three quarters of parliaments now use automatic video recording in their plenary rooms to capture and broadcast proceedings over the internet:
Let Web3 Flow
January 24th, 2022