Policy

As our lives go more and more online, we must all acknowledge the key global role the internet (and more specifically, social media) plays in the conduct of politics.  To date, too little constructive action has taken place to reform the rules of democracy to account for this. Instead, interested parties hold their cards close…

It all comes from above.  During election campaigns, major parties and candidates get the vast majority of coverage. They reinforce this with paid communication – TV and social media ads – and “owned” communication – events, emails, organic social media and more. This combines to motivate the voters they want to get out, and suppress…