A "virtual parliament" is a proposed lawmaking institution that is convened via the internet. Effectively, an online legislature. At this time, no existing government has taken this step, but some academics are increasing pressure to do so at least as an experiment.




[+] advocacy

[-] issue: is an online replacement for civic places desirable?


Can a civic commons exist that is not a civic place? That is, that is ultimately not reducible to a single place that people can go to state or restate or object to decisions or options, like a real parliament?'s buildings?

[+] position: no - any "virtual" parliament lacks rootedness

[+] position: no - any "virtual" parliament lacks diversity

[+] position: no - any "virtual" parliament lacks legality

[+] position: yes - virtual parliaments can provide all features and controls of existing paliaments, plus many more.

related issues


Internet voting?, Diebold Election Systems?, direct democracy, deliberative democracy, paper ballot?, paper trail?, audit software?, Internet as mass media

sources and resources


The Virtual Parliament of the Americasexternal link
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