Rethinking peacemaking with AI and digital tools by @cmioffice CMI's new resources offer practitioners a vocabulary, a framework, and a set of guardrails worth adopting. techandsocialcohesion.substa…

Politics Cannot be Simulated: There’s more to democracy than decision-making. Articly by Harry Law for Cosmos Institute @cosmos_inst blog.cosmos-institute.org/p/…

A more pluralistic social web is possible: one built on digital autonomy, decentralized networks, open protocols, and democratic governance instead of monopoly platforms and centralized control. Read the declaration: european.social/

I'm looking forward to this Philly book event for Radical Duke this evening. Had a great time last Saturday in Chicago! freelibraryfoundation.org/ev…

The Politics of Privacy: Autonomy and Power in the Digital Age - this collection examines how human agency, democracy, and freedom can flourish in the algorithmic age, featuring @glenweyl & @audreyt web3privacynow.metalabel.com…

Cool opportunity to collaborate with @OpenAI: openai.com/form/economic-res…

Research Article: The Case for Using Generative AI to Run Deliberation Simulations by John Rountree and John Gastil delibdemjournal.org/article/… via @delibdemjournal

Humanity AI Announces More Than $18 Million in New Grants to Shape AI for the Public Good. Learn more: humanityai.ai/humanity-ai-an…

Safeguarding Sovereignty with Data as Soil by @audreyt discusses how data isn’t oil to be extracted, it’s soil to be stewarded, and offers a vision for AI governance that's rooted in local accountability, federated safety, and decision sovereignty. civic.ai/safer-sovereignty/?…

Mind the (generation) gap By Sophia Winner, Research Program Coordinator at the SNF Agora Institute. This piece unpacks findings from the recent report, “Examining Generational Divides – Political Attitudes and Behavior.” democracynotesperspectives.s…

New book is here! Out June 16!

Our new governance report is live. We gave six communities money, total freedom, and an AI that could spend it for them, then watched how they chose to govern. A field study in AI-assisted governance, with @protocollabs @GainForestNow @OctantApp @hypercerts 👇

2026 national AI Governance poll by @fathom_org Reveals a clear, bipartisan public mandate. Americans prioritize trust, accountability, & human control over unchecked AI development and competitiveness. fathom.org/insights/ai-gover…

Data & Society Launches AI Civics - a public education program to build democratic power over technology. Program partners with organizations & public institutions across the United States to build civic strength for the AI era. @datasociety datasociety.net/announcement…

New Book out now: "Finding Light Through the Cracks" Reinventing Democracy with Audrey Tang by Martin Rausch with Tom Atlee & Jenna Buechy Free PDF: files.designer.hoststar.ch/6… Hardcopy and ebook available on amazon

How to SOLVE the AI puzzles of today?🧩 We start by tilling the #DataSoil🌱, tending our gardens of #CivicAI care & making democracy fast, fair & fun again. Watch my SOLVE at MIT 2026: Keynote Speech & Fireside Conversation with Hala Hanna!🙏 ▶️civic.ai/we-the-people-are-t… #LLAP🖖

A multidisciplinary exploration of #power, #democracy, and #freedom in the Digital Age by: 🧩 Audrey Tang (Civic Technologist) @audreyt Cyber Ambassador of Taiwan; former Minister of Digital Affairs (2016–2024); @RadxChange 🧩 Primavera De Filippi (Legal Scholar) @yaoeo Research Director at @CNRS; Faculty Associate at @BKCHarvard 🧩 Joachim Schwerin (Economist) Researcher (PhD TU Dresden) on tokenisation, Web3 and DAOs; privacy activist (Digital Freedom Declaration); contributed e.g. to the MiCA Regulation 🧩 David Chaum (Cryptographer) @chaumdotcom Pioneer of digital cash and foundational figure in modern cryptography 🧩 Denis Jaromil Roio (Hacktivist) @jaromil PhD in Philosophy, applied cryptographer, and founder of @DyneOrg, a European open-source and digital sovereignty initiative 🧩 Felix Beer (Researcher) @felix_beer Researcher on digital sovereignty and institutional innovation at the Institute for Future Studies and Technology Assessment @Harvard 🧩 Judith De Boer (Lawyer) Partner at Hertoghs Advocaten and specialist in white-collar crime and tax litigation 🧩 Glen Weyl (Economist) @glenweyl Co-Founder @MSFTResearch & @PluralityInst, co-author Radical Markets & @PluralityBook 🧩 Naomi Brockwell (Educator) @naomibrockwell Founder and President of the @LudlowInstitute, a media and research initiative focused on technology and freedom 🧩 Piergiorgio Catti De Gasperi (Activist) @PG_CDG Co-founder and Director of Web3Privacy Now ------- An urgent call for privacy in the algorithmic age, The Politics of Privacy🔎 examines surveillance capitalism, decentralisation, and governance while 🗺️ mapping concrete paths to reclaim autonomy, rebuild trust, and realign technology with the public good. How to get your copy 👇

OpenBallot currently has 65 local voter guides across San Francisco & Oakland from newspapers, advocacy orgs, local experts and friends you trust - easy to find, all in one place. Check out openballot.app now for help as you fill out your ballot!

Artificial intelligence and evidence-informed policy: emerging challenges and opportunities. Discussion paper by World Health Organization iris.who.int/server/api/core…

Announcing the DelibTech Network: DemocracyNext and the AI & Democracy Foundation have launched the new Deliberation & Technology Network – an international initiative bringing together technologists, practitioners, and researchers demnext.substack.com/p/annou…