Civic participation that is merely “surface-level” and “high-tech” will only make hardworking public officials frustrated, and cause the public to distrust the government...
Recently, President Ma Ying-jeou has made a number of erroneous statements about open data, claiming that Taiwan’s number-one ranking on the Open Knowledge Foundation’s open data index is proof of his administration’s overall transparency. In response, Billy Lin, a prominent member of the civic-tech community “g0v” wrote an editorial response to Taiwan’s Apple Daily editorial board...
Billy Lin (林雨蒼) is a freelance software programmer, a citizen journalist, and currently holds a position at the Judicial Reform Foundation. Lin is also a committee member of the recently formed Committee of Illegal Party Asset Settlement.
