Nick Clegg and David Cameron’s UK Tory-Lib Dem coalition today unveiled a major Crowdsourcing initiative called ‘Your Freedom’.

Nick Clegg announced on British TV and in the leading newspapers that this is the largest government Crowdsourcing programme to date. Really?

What it boils down to is simple. UK citizens can now go to a government Website called Your Freedom and log their perspectives and complaints on 3 areas of government:

1. Restoring civil liberties -- i.e. which current laws would you like to remove or change because they restrict your civil liberties?

2. Repealing unnecessary laws -- i.e. which offences do you think we should remove or change, and why?

3. Cutting business and 3rd sector regulations -- i.e. which regulations do you think should be removed or changed to make running your business or organisation as simple as possible?

This is either a bold and democratic attempt to Crowdsource the people’s perspectives on change -- with the best suggestions implemented by the coalition government as repealed or improved laws and better regulation -- or its just one big PR stunt!

The fact that the YouTube video above (and at the top of the Your Freedom Website) has only been viewed 319 times as of the time this article was published does not bode too well.

Will public apathy stall this new angle on Web democracy and civil activism? Tell us what you think -- we’ll gladly pass it on.