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: Bush League
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, April 22 2015
Presidential candidates hiding behind Super PACs; what this means for American democracy; demos at the White House; a demand for Facebook to be more open about news in the newsfeed; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Exposures
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, April 6 2015
Hispanic by marriage?; Americans (some of them at least) think Snowden runs Wikileaks; when people need food, not 3D printers; convictions for retweets and likes; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Transparency Matters
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, April 1 2015
A return to pre-Watergate days?; Jeb Bush has already, apparently, forgotten about "transparency matters"; ghostwriting for government agencies; X-Lab going independent; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Cowed
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, March 23 2015
TedCruz.com for president; Meerkat fever; who does Facebook work for (probably not you); Medium, "the billionaire's typewriter"; and much, much more. Read More
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: Long Games
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, March 9 2015
House Republicans knew about Clinton's personal email last year; Jeb Bush opposes the new net neutrality rules; the latest in augmented and artificial intelligence; why you should be wary of the Internet of Things; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Hotmail
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, March 5 2015
The Clinton email brouhaha continues: Network Solutions, Clinton's domain registrar, was hacked in 2010; faulty encryption left the Clinton system open to hacking; @clintonemail.com a status symbol; "Jeb Bush did it too"; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Shemails
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, March 3 2015
Hillary Clinton stumbles on transparency; Jeb Bush chides her but he's too transparent; how Janet Napolitano got around that pesky gov't email rule; meanwhile, New York puts expiration dates on state workers' emails; and much, much more! Read More
First POST: AmBushed
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, February 18 2015
How Jeb Bush makes the most of his PACs; why blog traffic is down; how open mapping platforms use open government data; and much, much more. Read More