First POST: Rising
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, April 28 2015
Why #FreddieGray hasn't trended nationally on Twitter, yet; American whistleblowers support the Surveillance State Repeal Act; dueling foundations on transparency; 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: Cheers
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, December 24 2014
How to not overreact to the Sony hack; the FCC admits it lost nearly 680,000 open internet comments; a great civic app wish-list; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Dealing
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, December 23 2014
As North Korea's Internet mysteriously goes down, doubts remain about the source of the Sony hack; Facebook's Russia dilemma; some big news in open government data; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Company
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, December 16 2014
The global "Snowden effect" is huge; how many consumer-facing online services fail the user privacy test; the Dems' 2016 digital to-do list; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Leaking
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, August 8 2014
Are there now three national security leakers?; Yahoo Mail to get PGP friendly; where young libertarian voters may turn; how small donors and online clickers are making politics worse; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Cockamamie and Catastrophic
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, April 9 2014
More fallout from the "Cuban Twitter" misfire; Snowden explains how he is not like Assange; the benefits of open data; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Turning Points
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, March 26 2014
Edward Snowden offers praise for President Obama's proposed ending of NSA bulk collection of phone records; why tech companies still love surveillance; the latest in the Turkey-Twitter war; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Take Me To the Moon
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, March 20 2014
Larry Page isn't happy about the NSA; Twitter backs off encrypting direct messages; Zeynep Tufekci explains why social media is a mixed blessing for social movements; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Openly Closed
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, March 17 2014
It's Sunshine Week, and the US government is less transparent, says AP; secret-sharing apps like Whisper and Secret are dangerous, says Austin Hill; and taking pictures of people in public now requires their permission, says Hungary; and much, much more. Read More