# TownSphere

> TownSphere is a privacy-first civic intelligence and public opinion platform that quantifies, verifies, and visualizes genuine sentiment on real-world news events through structured, anonymous voting.

TownSphere solves the noise, algorithmic bias, and toxic comment culture of traditional social media by offering mathematically decoupled voting, demographic-aware sentiment breakdowns with k-anonymity, and historical sentiment shift tracking.

## Core Features
- **Anonymous Voting**: Votes are decoupled from account identity using cryptographic hashing (HMAC-SHA256). User identity and cast ballots are stored in separate boundaries with zero foreign key linkage.
- **Demographic Breakdown**: Filter sentiment by age bracket, education, occupation, and geographic region. Groups with fewer than 5 respondents are suppressed to guarantee k-anonymity privacy.
- **Sentiment Shift Tracking**: Real-time trend graphs track how public opinion evolves as new reporting and news developments occur.
- **Zero Toxic Noise**: No open-ended comment wars, harassment, or algorithmic amplification of rage. Opinions are cast through clear, balanced poll choices.

## Legal & Compliance
- [Privacy Policy](https://townsphere.org/privacy.html): Identity decoupling, data minimization, GDPR/CCPA compliance, and account deletion.
- [Terms of Service](https://townsphere.org/terms.html): Rules of engagement, 16+ age requirement, anti-botting, and cooldown integrity.
- [Cookie Policy](https://townsphere.org/cookies.html): Minimal localStorage and session cookie declarations.
- [Accessibility Statement](https://townsphere.org/accessibility.html): WCAG 2.1 Level AA conformance.

## Full Documentation
- [Full LLM Context](https://townsphere.org/llms-full.txt): Comprehensive platform architecture, privacy proofs, and API documentation.