Organizing for Action and @barackobama

• Andrew Kaczynski asks how it is that the president might tweet from his account, @barackobama, when it is controlled by an organization that can't engage in electioneering activity.

• Probably the same way it can offer donors a "quarterly" meeting with the president for $500,000.

Defining "Citizenville"

• Sarah Lai Stirland interviewed Gavin Newsom about his new book, "Citizenville." In it, California's lieutenant governor embraces concepts of open government and technology for civic engagement — but does he practice what he preach? And, since he freely admits that he is passing along ideas he has collected from others, does he understand the concepts he appears to be using as the foundation for some later run for elected office?

The cost of "free Internet"

• Peter Osnos observes that "Internet freedom" is free as in speech, not as in beer — and Americans would be better served if Internet access were cheaper:

  Yes, it is certainly the case that the devices that connect us to search engines, countless websites, social media, and e-mail bring us vast amounts of content for which we do not pay separately. But access to this "free" information on the Internet, as everyone acknowledges as soon as it is pointed out, is not gratis. Monthly charges for broadband Internet service, plus cable television fees and smartphone bills that together comprise the range of household pleasures and obligations as well as work-related communication that are so embedded in our lives amount to hefty sums.

Around the web

• Computational journalist Jonathan Stray has published an analysis of Twitter conversations around gun control that shows the right is more active on Twitter than the left on this issue and, surprise of surprises, the two sides rarely discuss the same material.

• Philadelphia has released an "open data guidebook for city agencies." It includes information on the how and why of releasing agency data to the public online.

• Chew on this: The USDA is using Pinterest to publish photos of meals that fit with their guidelines for healthier eating.

• Asia One reports: "The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences published a report on China's rule of law on Monday, which stated that the country's disciplinary authorities at every level have developed and applied technology to their anti-corruption work, such as online approval platforms and bribery record systems."

• Mayor Michael Bloomberg has worn a Spider-Man costume, dressed like a hippie and worn hipster shades and Animal New York delves into the Flickr account where all of these pictures live.

• When DKNY approached Brandon Stanton, who runs the popular photo blog and Facebook page Humans of New York, to license some of his photography, he said no. In a Facebook post, he explained a friend told him DKNY was probably lowballing him. So when he found out DKNY used his photos anyway, he was pretty upset — so much so that he urged his online viewers to lobby DKNY to donate $100,000 towards sending city kids to summer camp rather than pay the $15,000 they had offered him. BBC News have flipped the switch on the U.S.'s "six strikes" program.

• The White House is calling for new cybersecurity regulations.

• Look at these Instagrams from North Korea.

• Adolfo Carrión Jr., the former Bronx borough president, used Twitter to announce his candidacy for mayor.

• Research alert: the Digital Activism Data Set, "a collection of digital activism cases from around the world."

With Miranda Neubauer and Antonella Napolitano