bringing radical transparency
How AI Is Bringing Radical Transparency To Politics
In a world of social media users sharing fake news and articles they haven't read--and a president who hates the media--it can pay to go directly to the source. By providing a digital archive of "all statements made in state legislative hearings," Digital Democracy allows people to do just that. The organization provides both videos and transcripts of the hearings -- all on a completely searchable platform. "These data rich transcripts represent an entirely new universe of information previously unavailable to the public," according to Digital Democracy. Right now, transcripts are available only for state legislatures in California (since 2015) and, as of February 6, 2017, New York.