Citizen participation is no longer synonymous with ballot boxes and physical assemblies. In 2024, a digital infrastructure matured that, today in 2025, is starting to change the political, economic, and technological rules of the game in Mexico and the United States. The evidence is clear: in Mexico, 83.1% of people used the internet in 2024 and 73.6% of households had access, although an urban-rural gap persists at 86.9% versus 68.5%. This surge in connectivity is the invisi