WHY METACRACY 

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is transforming the very conditions of democracy. AI-generated content is eroding the public sphere and undermining collective will-formation; political manipulation is becoming nearly cost-free through micro-propaganda and automated persuasion; and procedural notions of justice are no longer sufficient in a world governed by data, models, and algorithms.

At the same time, power is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few global platforms that control data, models, and digital infrastructures—creating new forms of data feudalism and deepening the digital and epistemic divide. Marginalized groups are not only economically excluded, but also deprived of their epistemic agency: the right to be represented, to produce knowledge, and to participate in shaping the digital future.

As democracy shifts into non-territorial digital spaces—platforms, metaverses, and algorithmic environments—new forms of governance, participation, and justice become necessary. Concepts such as algorithmic justice, epistemic justice, digital citizenship, platform governance, and meta-democracy are no longer theoretical luxuries, but urgent democratic requirements.

Metacracy responds to this transformation.

The project develops frameworks, tools, and participatory models for inclusive, just, and democratic engagement in digital and metaversal spaces, with a special focus on empowering marginalized communities and embedding data-, model-, and algorithmic justice into the core of digital participation.