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“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

- William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night

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About Jimmy Tidey

Jimmy Tidey is doing a PhD on using social media in design and designing social media. He's especially interested in civic and public sector applications of his work. @jimmytidey on Twitter, or, if you prefer, @jimmytidey@mastodon.social.

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Adam Bychawski is an editorial assistant at openDemocracy.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Constitutional conventions: best practice

What China can teach the west about digital democracy

Jimmy Tidey 26 October 2017

China is a repressive country. It’s also a laboratory for democracy in the digital age.

Facebook needs to face up to the new political reality

Jimmy Tidey 26 April 2017

Facebook should disclose data on how campaigns are using the platform for political advertising. This general election might be an opportunity to bring that ideal closer.

What would Twitter be if it adopted Wikipedia’s politics?

Jimmy Tidey 6 January 2017

As Twitter drowns with trolls, dictators and profit warnings, could now be the time for a co-operatively run, open source alternative?

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