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How to Depolarize

A new framework for understanding and combating polarization in contemporary democracies.

2026

kiolo

Kiolo is a commercial AI note-taking hardware device (a magnetic phone attachment with five microphones) that records real-world meetings, calls, and site visits and turns them into transcripts, summaries, decisions, and action items.

Commons

Commons is high-volume messaging infrastructure for political campaigns, public offices, agencies, and advocacy organizations, supporting broadcast, peer-to-peer, and one-to-one text messaging.

Dallas, TX

LiteScribe

LiteScribe is an AI transcription platform that turns any meeting, interview, or recording into accurate text in 100+ languages, with automatic AI summaries, action items, and topic tags.

2026

Tayr

Tayr (ุทูŠุฑ) is a Moroccan civic platform, by the Digital Citizen Association, that lets residents report visual pollution (unsightly signage, billboards, urban blight) in their cities and track its resolution; currently piloting in Smara.

Truth Bear (็œŸ็›ธ็†Š)

Truth Bear is a small, honest data service. For each answer it reports a fact + its official source + a timestamp, and leaves the decision to you.

Zette

Zette turns published local-council agendas, committee papers, and minutes across England and Wales into digestible weekly briefings, delivered as newsletters, podcasts, and videos so residents can actually follow what their council is doing.

2026

Digital Futures Between Participatory Digital Democracy and Participatory Digital Fascism

A peer-reviewed publication examining the tension between participatory digital democracy and participatory digital fascism in shaping digital futures.

2026