The British Government's "Twitter Exclusives"
BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, April 29 2013
As Britain slowly gears up for its 2015 general election, the government of Conservative Prime Minister David Cameron has begun a more aggressive Twitter strategy, the Guardian reported. Read More
Just How Social Are the London Olympics?
BY Jon Worth | Thursday, July 26 2012
At one level the XXXth Olympiad that starts Friday in London will be the most social Olympics ever. Athletes, volunteers, spectators and the media covering the event will be armed with an ever-greater array of social media tools on their smartphones and computers, and the ability for social networking is greater than at any games that has taken place in the past. But that should not be news, right? Every Super Bowl or World Series is going to be more social than the previous editions, simply as the requisite technology becomes more mainstream, and the boundary between mainstream and social media becomes more blurred. Instead the right question to ask is whether the way social media like Twitter or Facebook are being used during these games is maximizing their potential, and – if not – what lessons can be learned for the future. Read More
The Long Arm of American Copyright Enforcement Efforts Reaches Across the Atlantic
BY Nick Judd | Tuesday, July 5 2011
The U.S.'s Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is going after website owners on piracy charges if they are using a .com or .net domain, regardless of where they are in the world or where their sites are hosted, ... Read More
How the Internet is Changing Politics in Great Britain
BY Micah L. Sifry | Sunday, April 25 2010
Something very interesting is unfolding in Great Britain as the country nears the general election of May 6. The two-party duopoly that has dominated British politics ever since the end of World War II is facing a ... Read More
Online Politics in Britain in 2010: The Left Will Rise?
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, January 4 2010
British writer James Crabtree has weighed in at The New Statesman with an absolutely fascinating prediction for the coming year of English online politics as the country heads into new elections: the balance of power and ... Read More