First POST: Moneyballed
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, January 23 2015
The Gates Foundation's new "global citizens" email database, and why it's a terrible idea; why young people like the NSA more than older people; using open data about NYC taxi drivers to ID Muslims; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Monkeying
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, January 22 2015
Net neutrality proponents call foul on the GOP's plans; StandUnited.com seeks to be the right's Change.org; tons of civic tech news from mySociety, Chicago and Civic Hall in NYC; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Punch List
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, January 21 2015
Obama's State of the Union and the Internet; how HealthCare.gov shares personal data with third-parties; Facebook says it will give users tools to tag false or hoax content in their News Feeds; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Goggles
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, January 20 2015
More on the shifting net neutrality debate; how Ready for Hillary plans to share its digital assets; the family roots of Civic Hall; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Urgency
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, January 19 2015
How Republicans are starting to embrace net neutrality; more predictions of the blockchain's impact on society; new "innovative communities" legislation in Massachusetts seeks to boost civic tech there; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Inners
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, January 16 2015
Dissident Saudi blogger Raif Badawi; the limits of social media-powered protest movements; why California is lagging in opening up government data; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Competition
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, January 15 2015
Obama plugs community broadband and gets the GOP's ire up; the VAN gets an upgrade; CityMart launches in the US; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Command Lines
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, January 14 2015
The White House embraces community broadband; how facial recognition software is getting used to predict voting behavior; understanding how blockchain technology could change the world; and much, much more. Read More
Announcing Personal Democracy Forum 2015 Early Bird Tickets! And Speakers!
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, January 13 2015
Edward Snowden and John Perry Barlow in conversation at PDF 2014
Believe it or not, it isn't too soon to start planning to attend Personal Democracy Forum 2015, taking place June 4-5 at New York University's Skirball and Kimmel Halls. This is our twelfth annual conference and we've got a terrific group of speakers already confirmed--it's time to take advantage of our early-bird rates, and tickets are limited. Read More
First POST: Turbulence
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, January 13 2015
Why David Cameron's call to ban encrypted communications in the UK is stupid and unworkable; what "democracy in the digital age" might look like; the open data movement's turbulent teenage years in the US; and much, much more. Read More