TL;DR
This paper explores the foundational principles of e-democracy by analyzing historical democratic values and proposing requirements for its development, aiming to revolutionize modern democratic systems through internet-enabled communication and collaboration.
Contribution
It introduces a framework for establishing the foundational principles of e-democracy based on historical democratic rights and values.
Findings
Derived core democratic values from the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
Proposed requirements for the foundational principles of e-democracy.
Outlined a pathway for the internet-enabled democratic revolution.
Abstract
The Internet revolution of democracy, which will transform earthly representative democracies by employing the communication and collaboration capabilities of the Internet, has yet to come. Here, we enlist the wisdom of our forefathers to lead the way. By consulting the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, we distill core values of democracy and derive from them requirements for the foundations of e-democracy. Building these foundations can usher the urgently-needed revolution of democracy. (To appear in Communications of the ACM)
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