First POST: Failures
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, March 10 2015
The CIA tried to undermine iPhone and iPad security; Wikipedia, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International USA, the ACLU and others sue the NSA; the White House's new $100 million tech initiative; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Pushbacks
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, January 6 2015
Why time is a more important metric than clicks; how police are criminalizing some social media; Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Open Russia movement; and much, much more. Read More
Newest Twist in Pakistan YouTube Ban Case Comes From…California
BY Jessica McKenzie | Thursday, February 27 2014
Blocked! (Wikipedia)
On February 26, a U.S. federal appeals court ordered Google Inc to remove the film “Innocence of Muslims” from YouTube for copyright violations. The film sparked protests throughout the Middle East after it was released in September 2012, and demonstrations in parts of Pakistan turned violent. Pakistan's Prime Minister ordered YouTube to be blocked, ostensibly to prevent any further violence as a result of “Innocence of Muslims.” The Pakistani Internet rights organization Bytes For All has challenged the YouTube ban in court, and now that Google has been ordered to remove the film from YouTube, point out that there is now no reason to keep the site blocked.
Read MoreFirst POST: Agility
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, October 25 2013
How two Democratic tech gurus would fix HealthCare.gov; how the NSA scandal is threatening US-Europe relations; how a Syrian Kurd living in exile built a mobile tool that alerts subscribers in Syria when a government-fired Scud missile is headed their way; and much, much more. Read More
Google's Preparing for Super PAC Spending Online in 2012
BY Sarah Lai Stirland | Monday, January 9 2012
Photo: Flickr/TheAlieness GiselaGiardino
Free speech is a lucrative business, as Google has always understood. In the post-Citizens United 2012 presidential election, there haven't been many search-ad takers just yet from among independent groups. But Google clearly hopes that the rush is coming. Read More