Executive Summary

Nathan E. Sanders and a co‑author are publishing a series of essays on real‑world democratic technologies for The Renovator. The series covers four parts: the Japanese digital democracy party Team Mirai, Switzerland’s public AI model Apertus, the civic technologists of Open Knowledge Brazil, and civic AI initiatives in Scotland. Links to the full essays are provided, but the blog posts are shortened due to length.

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Intelligence Metadata - Source Publisher: Schneier on Security - Published Date: 2026-09-01T09:59:07+00:00 - Category: threat-intel

Original Description: Nathan E. Sanders and I are writing a series of essays on real-world examples of democratic technologies for The Renovator. I haven’t been posting the full text on the blog because they’re a bit long, but here are links. Part 1 is about the Japanese digital democracy party, Team Mirai. Part 2 is about the Swiss Public AI model, Apertus. Part 3 is about the civic technologists of Open Knowledge Brazil. And the new one, Part 4, is about civic AI in Scotland.

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