First POST: Rumblings
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, May 30 2014
Edward Snowden and the NSA duke it out; Google pushed for improvements in the USA Freedom Act; tech moguls come out as backers of Lawrence Lessig's SuperPAC; and much, much more Read More
First POST: Bodyguards
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, May 28 2014
How the 2015 British election is exposing a split among top Obama campaigners; the FTC wants improved protection for consumers' data; how Skype Translator might change world politics; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Hashing it Out
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, May 27 2014
How the #YesAllWomen hashtag erupted in response to the Santa Barbara killings; the Internet's broken business model; why tech companies are (mostly) losing in Congress; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Trucking
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, May 23 2014
The USA Freedom Act advances but reformers are not happy; net neutrality fails to get print or TV coverage; Thais are using Twitter to mock their new military rulers; and much, much more Read More
First POST: Georemixing
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, May 22 2014
Ethan Zuckerman on the global politics of YouTube georemixes; Facebook's flip-flop on user privacy; California's push to take "do not track" requests seriously; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Decay
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, May 21 2014
The USA Freedom Act surveillance reform bill is getting watered down; Data.gov's 5th anniversary is no cause for celebration; Iran cracks down on "Happy" YouTube video sharers; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Disruptors
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, May 20 2014
How the NSA collects every phone call made in the Bahamas; why the FCC's proposed rulemaking on net neutrality is problematic; how Mayor Bill de Blasio plans to upgrade NYC's broadband; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Undermining
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, May 19 2014
Polling suggests squishy support for net neutrality in the US; Cisco isn't happy about the NSA hacking its hardware; "Nerds for Nature" is hacking the physical landscape; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: On the Home Front
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, May 16 2014
The home page is dead, long live the link!; the net neutrality fight's next chapter; why 2016 presidential candidates Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan may have some domain name problems; and much, much more Read More
First POST: Throne Games, Phone Games
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, May 15 2014
An explosive new report about Verizon's apparent abuse of Title II of the Telecom Act; the "glass cliff" and the demise of NYT executive editor Jill Abramson; what the European high court forgot to do in its ruling against Google; and much, much more. Read More