• Thanksgiving leftovers: Cobbler the Turkey was the winner of the first online vote for the traditional White House pardoning of the Turkey. As President Obama said during the ceremony: "Now, I joke, but for the first time in our history, the winners of the White House Turkey Pardon were chosen through a highly competitive online vote. And once again, Nate Silver completely nailed it. (Laughter.) The guy is amazing. He predicted these guys would win."

From techPresident

• The Obama campaign's legacy in the practice of campaigns, based in our interviews with several staffers from 2012: experiment everywhere, measure everything, and emphasize person-to-person contact.

• Headed into Black Friday, union-backed groups were looking online to grow protest campaigns against Wal-Mart. Reports hold that there were protests, but not nearly as many, and not involving nearly as many actual Wal-Mart workers, as organizers told techPresident they had expected.

• Related: The Nation looked at Occupy's efforts to show solidarity with Wal-Mart employees during the post-Thanksgiving shopping period.

• The New York Times looked at plans by the Obama campaign apparatus and a new group of Obama supporters, The Action, to mobilize online in support of the president's fiscal agenda. For techPresident, Micah Sifry took a look at this on the day before Thanksgiving.

Around the web

• Businessweek reported on how the Obama campaign's technology staff and strategy are now in demand in corporate America.

• The New York Times looks at how more and more court cases are dealing with the question of when law enforcement officials can access suspects' cell phones.

• Even as a fake Facebook privacy notice circulated widely on Facebook, Facebook's actual proposals, unveiled before Thanksgiving, to change its governing documents and do away with its voting policy do not seem to have gotten as much viral attention. Currently, Facebook offers users an opportunity to vote on changes to certain policies if there is enough user input. European officials say the new Facebook privacy proposals may conflict with European law. Facebook also recently unveiled a tool that lets online retailers track whether users have made a purchase in direct response to an ad.

• The Tablet highlighted the young Israeli soldiers who were behind the IDF's social media policy, but one of them reportedly caught unwelcome attention by posting a picture of himself in blackface on Facebook with the comment "Obama style." Rep. Ted Poe (R-Tex.) says the recent back-and-forth propaganda campaigns online over the Palestine-Israel conflict vindicate a September request to Twitter asking it to remove accounts for groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and Somalia's al Shabaab. The New York Times recapped how the online war unfolded over social media.

• The Houston Chronicle wrote about how drone makers are pushing Congress to allow drones in American airspace.

• A Vatican cardinal posted a tweet in Latin to promote the church's new Academy for Latin Studies. "Hodie una cum Ivano Dionigi novam aperiemus academiam pontificiam latinitatis a Benedicto conditam, hora XVII, via Conciliationis V," the tweet read. "Today at 5 p.m., along with Ivano Dionigi, we will open the new Pontifical Academy for Latin Studies founded by Benedict. Via della Conciliazione, 5."

• Former FCC Chair Reed Hundt and Blair Levin, executive director of Gig.U, have published an e-book which they say details "how technology can fix the budget, revive the American Dream, and establish Obama's legacy."

• DARPA is encouraging ordinary citizens to help track space junk.

• A group of 125 prominent bands and artists including Pink Floyd, Britney Spears and Rihanna have come out against Pandora's proposal to change the music royalty sytem in a letter.

• The Senate voted to reauthorize a House bill that aims to expand the ability of the Federal Trade Commission to go after Internet fraud and online scammers.

• Adweek recently spoke with the head of the Internet Association.

• Andrew Revkin from the New York Times has been looking at some independent efforts to track drilling permits online, and noted some reactions to that effort.

• Following the vote to legalize the recreational use of marijuana in Washington state, the Seattle Police Department has posted a Q & A written by Jonah Spangenthal-Lee, once of venerable alt-weekly The Stranger and on the department payroll since earlier this year. Called "Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use In Seattle," it's been popular on social media.

• Connecticut has launched an online tax payment plan option.

• Google has invested $75 million in a wind farm in Iowa.

• Computer problems might cause trouble for the new Affordable Care Act-mandated online health insurance markets.

International

• Only nine countries own their national Twitter handles, according to a study.

• British regulator Ofcom warns that action is needed to address a coming "capacity crunch" on British mobile networks.

• British regulators are investigating the degree to which firms are monitoring online shoppers to show them different prices.

• The Riyadh Bureau takes a closer look at reports that men in Saudi Arabia were receiving text messages about the whereabouts of women of whom they are legal guardians.

• An American fighter with Somali militants who has been known for posting messages with hip hop chants and an online diary has been added to the FBI's most wanted list.

• Facebook is facing a legal threat in Scandinavia over unsolicited advertising.

• The New York Times looked at how Twitter could now be a target after it played a key role in identifying the subject of what turned to be a false and controversial BBC report accusing a British politician of sex abuse. Earlier the politician's lawyer had told the New York Times, "Let it be a lesson to everyone that trial by Internet is a very nasty way to hurt people, and it will end up costing people a lot of money.”

• Italian police have blocked access to a white supremacist website and arrested four individuals for allegedly inciting racial hatred and spreading anti-Semitism.

• A German court ruled that a request for legal assistance from the U.S. regarding the possibility of stripping assets from Megaupload has no basis for legal action.

• The Australian government is considering a plan against online bullying which could mean financial penalties for Facebook and Twitter, and also allow a commissioner to issue a take-down notice for objectionable material.

• The New York Times reported on how a Spanish soccer club in financial trouble has sold shares worldwide promoted by social media.