Fixing government: Anil Dash on a social media revolution for policymakers

December 25, 2011

How can policymakers start listening to their constituents, rather than just talking to them? Technology writer and entrepreneur Anil Dash argues that incorporating social media tools in government can give the public a voice and create “positive peer pressure” to influence policy decisions.

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  • ChrisBrooks

    Not
    a bad Idea at all. I suppose it’s too hard to read the mass volumes of
    mail under all those special interest and lobby checks for campaigns.
    Elected officials should listen to voters, whom would have thought of
    it?