Re: Mexico City is crowdsourcing its new constitution

2016-06-05 Thread Chris Pietsch
Dear Nettimers, I find it alarming that Change.org is starting to be used for official votes. Change.org received the Big Brother Award 2016 in Germany “because it uses personally identifiable information of people who signed petitions for the company’s own business purposes in varied and

Re: Mexico City is crowdsourcing its new constitution

2016-06-05 Thread Eric Miller
> On Jun 5, 2016, at 3:25 PM, nettime's consitutional hobbyist > wrote: > > Mexico is launching a big experiment in democracy that promises to turn > people’s ideas into the new law of the land. > > By Rafa Fernandez De Castro >

Mexico City is crowdsourcing its new constitution

2016-06-05 Thread nettime's consitutional hobbyist
Mexico is launching a big experiment in democracy that promises to turn people’s ideas into the new law of the land. By Rafa Fernandez De Castro http://fusion.net/story/298572/how-mexico-city-is-using-the-internet-to-crowdsource-its-new-constitution/ In January President Enrique Peña Nieto

Ringer > Nathan Hubbard > Why You Can't Get a Ticket to the NBA Finals

2016-06-05 Thread nettime's_velvet_rope
< https://theringer.com/ticket-industry-problem-solution-e4b3b71fdff6#.9vp1o7qox > Why You Can't Get a Ticket to the NBA Finals ... ... and every other major event on the planet. This is a fan's guide to why you're totally screwed. [Nathan Hubbard] Back in January, Eric T. Schneiderman