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The platform where power must answer to the people.

Verified citizens question elected officials in real time. No journalists. No PR filters. Just democracy, unedited.

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Mayor Sarah Chen
City of San Francisco
Topic: Housing affordability crisis
Top Questions — Citizen Vote
Why did rents rise 34% after your cap promise?↑ 8.2k
When does social housing construction start?↑ 5.1k
Where did the housing budget go?↑ 3.7k
↑ Approved
↓ Rejected
6%
of citizens have ever directly questioned an elected official
73%
of citizens feel unheard by their elected officials
1/3
of citizens believe politicians avoid difficult questions
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verified account per real citizen — no bots, no fake outrage, ever
The Format

A new kind of political moment.

Live. Unfiltered. Impossible to ignore.

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They show up.

An elected official goes live. No script, no PR team. Just them and the citizens they represent.

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You decide what gets asked.

Questions rise or fall based on what the crowd actually cares about. The most upvoted question always makes it to the top.

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Both sides win.

Citizens get direct answers. Politicians prove they listen. Every session is a public conversation — not a confrontation.

Platform Features

Designed around one thing: real answers.

Questions ranked by citizens. Answers scored by citizens. The record belongs to everyone.

The Verdict

After every answer, citizens vote: satisfied or not. The score is live, public, and permanent.

Anonymous Questions

Choose to ask anonymously. No name shown, no fear of retaliation. Your identity, your choice.

Democratic Question Queue

The crowd decides what gets asked. Most upvoted question leads. No cherry-picking.

Verified Citizens Only

One real person, one account. Zero bots, zero fake outrage.

No Journalists. Ever.

A direct line between citizens and their elected officials. No media filter, no spin.

Why Parla

What no platform offers today

X lets them post. YouTube lets them broadcast. Parla makes them answer.

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Anonymous citizen questionsYesNoNoNo
Verified citizens onlyYesNoNoPartial
Democratically ranked questionsYesNoNoNo
Real-time citizen verdict per answerYesNoNoNo
Permanent session archiveYesNoPartialNo
Zero algorithm suppressionYesNoNoYes
No media filterYesNoNoNo
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No media filter
"Ask the question no journalist will. Get the answer no press release ever gave."
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