6. Iceland Attempted To Alter Its Constitution By Getting Users' Recommendations On Facebook
In 2013, Iceland came close to passing the world's most-inclusive and far-reaching constitutional reform in history - but it narrowly failed to do so. The triple-feature process attempted to actively-engage the nation's population in the re-writing of the constitution, including by using Facebook. A total of 12 drafts of a new constitution were placed on Facebook and anyone interested in the process was able to pass comment on the text. More than 3,600 comments were made about the 360 suggestions - and they gave valuable input to the process. Such a wide-ranging and constitutionally-pivotal way of using social media had never been tried before - or since.
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