Cyber Democracy: The Future of Democracy?

Abstract

Is a Cyber Democracy the future of a democratic society? Always new scandals from the virtual world, also known as Cyber Crimes, or occurrences registered in the context of the supervision and spying of the population make out of the Cyber Democracy a very questionable democratic project for the future. With the perspective of today it seems almost impossible to ensure the needed security levels, which a Cyber Democracy would require for the participation, the competition, the freedom and the equality in the virtual world of the Internet. Following this a Cyber Democracy appears at this point in time not to be the future of democracies. However, the Cyber Democracy can be a very useful additional tool to share political information and knowledge with the population. This knowledge and information system in the form of a Cyber Democracy should according to our opinion not serve as the basis for the selection of political parties or the conducting of public opinion polls, but as a valuable tool for the civic education. In the digital era facing increasing information overload this will help the people to find orientation in the political environment, to support the formation of opinions and to allow and support the political education.