Check out the interview and podcast in the Times from Jay Adelson, chief executive of the news site Digg, in which he says that the internet has brought down barriers and given a voice to all.

A quick read of the article prompted two (related) reactions from me, both of which I’ll hopefully get a chance to blog in more detail soon:

1. the internet is a democratic medium, it is going to democratise organisations and governments whether they (you?) like it or not: will they (you?) really just watch the pitch go by? (I will keep banging this drum — also, this point ties in with some thoughts from last week’s ‘e-empowerment symposium’ which I need to write up).
2. Why should the VC startups have all the good web projects? Is there really no room for the established centres of democracy to do these kind of internet-democracy experiments (as in, starting from the internet’s democratic advantages rather than trying to force traditional processes into new, and often inappropriate, media)? Actually, while I think of it, kudos to the MoJ and their Governance of Britain for at least trying to practice this and maybe set a precedent.