First POST: System-Gaming
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, October 30 2014
Why techies interested in political reform are facing challenges; the latest data on Democratic voter contacts in 2014; Hungary's anti-Internet tax demonstrations are getting huge; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Ironies
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, October 6 2014
How LinkedIn is playing nice with Chinese censors; Australians rally against government intrusion into their online communications; Lawrence Lessig's campaign against money in politics; and much, much more. Read More
How to Raise $5 Million Online For Campaign Finance Reform: Why MayDay PAC Succeeded
BY Ben Wikler | Monday, July 14 2014
When Lawrence Lessig's MayDay SuperPAC reached its $5 million crowd-funding goal on July 4, on top of an earlier first-push target of $1 million, observers were sent reeling. The target had seemed not just ambitious, but naive: there just couldn't possibly be enough people out there who cared enough. And even if there were, there was no way to reach them—Lessig and his team gave themselves less than two months for the entire campaign. Not only that, but if they fell short, the money would all be refunded. It was a fool's errand. And then, literally as fireworks exploded up and down the East Coast on Independence Day, they hit their goal. How did they do it? Read More
First POST: Intercepted
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, July 7 2014
NSA intercepts of foreign targets capture data mainly from Americans and other uninvolved parties; Participant Media's new tool for determining the impact of socially-conscious media; Lawrence Lessig's MayDayPAC hits its July 4th crowdfunding goal; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Don't Forget
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, July 3 2014
How Google is starting to implement the "right to be forgotten" decision in Europe; more Facebook research experiments on its users; Lawrence Lessig teams up with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff; and much, much more. Read More
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: Nerds Biting Back
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, May 12 2014
The latest on the FCC's rulemaking on net neutrality; tracking the details of the USA Freedom Act; Ecuador's push toward a commons-based peer production economy; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Big Data Analytics
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, May 2 2014
Analyzing the White House report on "Big Data"; Larry Lessig starts a SuperPAC to end all SuperPACs; why Marc Andreessen is bullish on the news business; and much, much more. Read More
Campaign Finance 2.0: Is the Small Donor 'Revolution' Hype or Reality?
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, May 8 2009
I'm spending the day at a conference on "Money in Politics 2009: New Horizons for Reform" at the National Press Club, convened by the Brennan Center for Justice. Mid-day, I'll be moderating a conversation about the role ... Read More
Daily Digest: Romney Lost Because He Relied Too Much on the GOP Echo Chamber
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, February 8 2008
More on young voters in 2008; lost votes in California?; Ben Smith shares the labor and the smarts; Real Clear Politics earns some kudos; Matt Stoller reinvents campaign finance reform; Patrick Leahy wants the Founding ... Read More