First POST: Nerds Biting Back
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, May 12 2014
The latest on the FCC's rulemaking on net neutrality; tracking the details of the USA Freedom Act; Ecuador's push toward a commons-based peer production economy; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Messaging
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, April 30 2014
How Americans are(n't) responding to the dangers of the Heartbleed bug; mobile politicking's unconquered territory; how some of Silicon Valley is embracing the "nerd prom"; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Commercially Reasonable Highway Robbery
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, April 25 2014
Net neutrality advocates cry foul at the FCC; a White House petition for "true net neutrality" takes off; the "promise of hashtag" becomes an Internet meme; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Wheeler Dealer
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, April 24 2014
The FCC wants to allow "commercially reasonable" discrimination online; net neutrality advocates protest; Comcast Country (aka "Philadelphia") comes under scrutiny; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Stardust
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, April 18 2014
Edward Snowden tries to turn the tables on Vladimir Putin; David Axelrod will be working against his former colleague Jim Messina in the upcoming British elections; how online activists have damaged Rush Limbaugh's business model; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Sympathy for the Developer
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, March 18 2014
Is the lack of hierarchy, or "holocracy," what ails Silicon Valley?; WhatsApp promises to protect user privacy; MySociety gets to tell Parliament exactly what to do; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Contained Fury
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, October 30 2013
Members of the House Intelligence Committee disagree about whether the NSA has kept them fully informed; Sen. Rand Paul a serial plagiarizer?; An antidote to technolibertarianism; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Hearing
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, September 27 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: What Dianne Feinstein doesn't understand about metadata and surveillance; ActBlue's new one-click fundraising tool; Josh Marshall's college days with Ted Cruz; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Spirit Guide
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, September 13 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribersHow the NSA's programs may cost US tech businesses overseas; one Obama campaign tech guru's cryptic vision of the future; Tea Leaf Nation finds a new home; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Egypt
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, August 15 2013
Exclusively for Personal Democracy Plus subscribers: Reacting to the massacres in Egypt; Bradley Manning apologizes; Pew Internet says the kids are all right; and much, much more. Read More