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A recurring lesson from feminist, decolonial, and intersectional work on AI and digital infrastructures is that responsibility and freedom are not opposites but interdependent (Benjamin, 2019; Jones, 2023). When teams take responsibility for power mapping naming who benefits from a platform, and who is exposed to harm they create more room for collective experimentation and dissent, because risks and repair work are shared rather than pushed onto the most vulnerable (Costanza‐Chock, 2020). As one Decidim organiser, Francesco Tena, observed, long, slow, bottom‑up organising can appear inefficient next to top‑down showcases, yet it is precisely this grounded responsibility that makes deeper democratisation possible over time. The clearer responsibilities are distributed for moderation, follow‑up, care, data governance, and accessibility, the less individuals have to self‑censor or over‑perform just to stay safe, and the more genuinely free they become to speak, listen, and change their minds (Parry & Curato, 2024). In practice, this means designing processes where responsibility is named, resourced, and rotated, so that freedom is experienced as mutual rather than as someone else’s risk.