First POST: Overreaching
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, April 24 2015
Why the FCC balked at the Comcast-TimeWarner deal; Sheryl Sandberg wants Hillary Clinton to lean into the White House; the UK's Democracy Club brings a lot more information to election season; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Ownership
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, April 23 2015
"Tell us more about your bog"; the shrinking role of public participation on campaign websites; "Aaron's Law" has been reintroduced in Congress; is the Comcast-TimeWarner merger on its last legs?; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Revisions
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, February 27 2015
Tim Wu says we shouldn't be so pessimistic about lobbying; Obama writes a thank you note to reddit; Ted Cruz wants to be the Uber of politics; Llamas!; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Impossibles
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, February 26 2015
The FCC vote; a proxy Democratic primary battle in Chicago; Gov Andrew Cuomo begins deleting all state employee emails more than 90 days old; men talking about women in tech; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Phubbing
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, December 4 2014
How the NSA taps worldwide cellphone networks (and makes them more vulnerable); why Uber-fans should stop beating up on government; how NYC's new free Wi-Fi program might accentuate inequality; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Responding
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, November 26 2014
The aftermath of Ferguson continues to reverberate; how one Senate campaign took advantage of Facebook's micro-targeting tools; the new Congress' tech agenda; and much, much more Read More
First POST: Gimme Shelter
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, October 29 2014
The link between intimate partner violence and surveillance tech; the operational security set-up that connected Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden; how Senate Dems are counting on tech to hold their majority; and much, much more. Read More
After Election Loss, Teachout and Wu Keep Up Net Neutrality and Anti-Comcast Merger Campaign
BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, September 15 2014
The Teachout/Wu campaign may have lost, but their pro net-neutrality campaign continued Monday as both former candidates participated in a rallly in New York City marking the final day to comment on the Federal Communications Commission's Internet proposals and kept up their pressure on Governor Andrew Cuomo. Read More
First POST: Emergence
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, September 10 2014
Evaluating the Teachout-Wu challenge; net neutrality defenders invoke an "internet slowdown"; NYC's first CTO; 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