First POST: Precrime
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, July 24 2014
How the US government determines who to put on its "known or suspected terrorist" list, no-fly list and selectee list; Israelis sharing Gaza casualty news over social media; Twitter's diversity report; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Angry News Feed
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, July 23 2014
How Facebook's News Feed may be accentuating negative political polarization; new tools for visualizing political corruption; how posting your cat's photo online gives away your location; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Addressable Transcendence
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, July 22 2014
What San Francisco techies and tenant activists have in common; the future of online political targeting; problems with Washington DC's new open data policies; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Power Brokers
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, July 21 2014
Why Microsoft's Bradford Smith is so influential in tech policy; the split between DailyKos and Netroots Nation; how the GOP is wooing conservative and libertarian techies; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Signals
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, July 18 2014
FCC in the cross-hairs on net neutrality and local broadband pre-emption; the political mood at Netroots Nation; how an Israeli rocket-alert app affects perceptions of the conflict with Gaza; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Disclosures
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, July 17 2014
Rand Paul goes prospecting in Silicon Valley; techies opening their wallets for Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu in New York; using Google Street View for local environmental monitoring; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Some Comments
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, July 16 2014
The battle against CISA heats up; the FCC's servers melt down over net neutrality; Elizabeth Warren fans organize for her online; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Headlining
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, July 15 2014
Republican efforts to catch up to Democratic techies begin to bear fruit; TV ads are getting targeted at specific viewers; comments to the FCC on its net neutrality/open Internet proposal close down; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: New Bosses
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, July 14 2014
The battle over the UK's emergency surveillance legislation gets hotter; Color of Change goes after Congressional Black Caucus members over net neutrality; deep thoughts about self-driving cars and Amazon; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Unequal Relationships
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, July 11 2014
A rush to legislate new data collection law in the UK is drawing pushback; how the cellphone unlocking movement is a great example of "internet activism"; why journalists should fear Facebook; and much, much more. Read More