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
Tim Wu and Zephyr Teachout at NYC Rally
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
First POST: Media Futures
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, June 24 2014
The Knight Foundation gives $3.4 million to groups expanding the open Internet; Comcast and NBC hackathon winners promote entertainment apps; Rock the Vote relaunches its website; 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
First POST: Our Surveillance Society
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, May 14 2014
Senate mavericks Udall and Wyden take on the government's "culture of misinformation" about surveillance; all the private ways companies track individuals will curl your hair; how the European high court ruling against Google may change journalism and free speech; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Civics Lessons
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, May 5 2014
Code for America wants civic tech to work for everyone, not just City Hall; how Netflix faces an uphill battle for influence in Washington, DC; why Bitcoin is a scam; and much, much more. Read More