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Facebook: Iceland Constitution and Gov 2.0

Laurel Papworth

Iceland faced their banks collapsing, the krona currency devaluing or whatever it is currencies do, and the government imploding: On 26 January 2009, the coalition government collapsed due to the public dissent over the handling of the financial crisis. Oddsson was removed on 26 February 2009 ( wikipedia ). Not much fun. Pretty bloody hard.

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Social Media isn'ta Prerequisite for Open Government

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Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Development Social Media Social Media isn’t a Prerequisite for Open Government Fri, Feb 19, 2010 Government 2.0 Heroes At the Gov 2.0

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Crowdsourcing Our Health – Using Social Media to Educate and Unite.

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Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Events Calendar Subscribe: Posts | Comments | Email Social Media Strategery Best Of Best Practices Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Guide Social Media and the Next Generation I Started a Blog But No One Cared The Public Doesnt Need to Know What Gov 2.0

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Representational Democracy is Dead

Laurel Papworth

In the same way that peer to peer banks just provide the platform (profiles and transfers) rather than act as mediator bankers, and the same way that eBay just provides the platform (profiles and transfers) rather than actually makes and sells products, Government could provide a platform for Australians to participate in direct democracy.