The roadmap for making House of The People the most transparent and accountable democratic platform in existence.
Every vote must be legitimate. That means every voter must be real. But no one should ever be able to trace a vote back to the person who cast it.
The UK's Online Safety Act came into force on 25 July 2025. It mandates robust age and identity verification for any platform hosting adult, self-harm, or potentially harmful content. The penalties for noncompliance are steep: fines of up to 10% of global revenue or £18 million. In response, users are turning to VPNs, privacy experts are raising alarms, and trust in digital platforms continues to decline.
House of The People takes the opposite approach: earn trust by treating every identity check as a security risk, and minimize that risk by never retaining more than necessary.
In truth, many digital democracies are gamed long before a vote is ever cast. In the US, you need ID to buy alcohol, fly, or collect a parcel, but not to vote. In the UK, representation can be gained with a third of the vote. Globally, we watch the rise of populist leaders and blame foreign interference, as if only Russian or Chinese actors manipulate outcomes.
But look closer: Western democracies are flooded with moneyed influence.
AIPAC spent over $40 million in the 2022 US midterms. That is not a donation. It is a transaction. Influence for outcome. It is no different to Ivanishvili's shadow role in Georgia, just conducted in pounds and dollars rather than roubles. In a capitalist system, capital IS influence. This is not a political statement or a denunciation of capitalism. It is a logical conclusion from deductive reasoning. But experience and real world activity make this visible.
The hypocrisy of Western democracy lies in correctly perceiving influence in foreign elections while refusing to follow the money trails, or actively covering them up, in their own. This is why we built the Follow The Money feature: to track MPs' registered interests seamlessly and clearly, because financial interests shape votes whether we acknowledge it or not.
House of The People is not immune to influence either. Anyone who supports the platform financially is doing so because it reflects their idea of what democracy should be. But the difference is openness. Our influence is voluntary, transparent, and aligned with public power. Our verification system ensures that when you vote, your vote is real, and when we count it, it cannot be dismissed.
This is not surveillance. It is necessary to the mission: a way to ensure that every participant is human, every vote is equal, and no democratic expression can be written off as the work of bots, trolls, or foreign manipulation.
Total initial investment needed: £40,000-80,000 before we can responsibly implement facial verification at scale.
Why Not Launch With It?
Because getting ID verification wrong could shut down the entire platform. GDPR fines of up to £17.5 million, potential criminal charges, and irreversible reputational damage if data is breached. We will only implement facial verification when we can do it properly, securely, and legally.
Email verification protects us at launch. Facial verification protects the platform's future. Both require different levels of infrastructure, and we're building toward the latter as funding allows.
Currently, we provide Parliament's own summaries where they exist (rare), the legal title, and all documents available to MPs including explanatory notes and the current version of the bill. In future, we plan to generate AI-powered plain-English summaries explaining what each bill actually does and who it affects.
You shouldn't need a law degree to understand the laws that apply to you. Our AI summaries will cut through the jargon and explain what each bill actually means in practice.
Status: Planned • Launch: 2026
Connect with others in your constituency to discuss local and national issues. Organize campaigns, share perspectives, and build collective voice on legislation.
Status: Design phase • Launch: Q3 2026
Open API access to anonymized voting data, alignment statistics, and historical records for whoever wants to view it. Information, like political influence, is increasingly inevitable looking at technological advance and access to technology. We embrace this transparency rather than fight it.
Status: Planned • Launch: 2026
Have ideas for features we should prioritize? Want to help fund specific developments? We want to hear from you.
Contact: charlie@houseofthepeople.com
Every contribution accelerates development. Facial verification, financial tracking, and advanced notifications require funding to implement properly.