First POST: Listicalization
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, December 10 2014
The FCC warns police agencies that jamming cell phones is illegal; Emily Bell chides the journalistic elite for piling on Chris Hughes; Change.org pulls in funding from some of Silicon Valley's richest; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Phubbing
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, December 4 2014
How the NSA taps worldwide cellphone networks (and makes them more vulnerable); why Uber-fans should stop beating up on government; how NYC's new free Wi-Fi program might accentuate inequality; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Responding
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, November 26 2014
The aftermath of Ferguson continues to reverberate; how one Senate campaign took advantage of Facebook's micro-targeting tools; the new Congress' tech agenda; and much, much more Read More
First POST: Nudges
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, November 3 2014
How campaign tech has evolved in 2014; Joe Rospars on the Democratic party email crisis; how Facebook, ABC News and BuzzFeed are going to data-mine politics heading into 2016; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Gimme Shelter
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, October 29 2014
The link between intimate partner violence and surveillance tech; the operational security set-up that connected Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden; how Senate Dems are counting on tech to hold their majority; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Jumping
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, August 12 2014
The US Digital Service arrives; what hashtag activism is really good for; unmasking some anti-net-neutrality sock puppets; new voting technology advances; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Experiments
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, July 29 2014
Lessig's MayDayPAC announces its first targets; Pierre Omidyar explains where First Look Media is going; OKCupid shares some experiments it's done on users; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Addressable Transcendence
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, July 22 2014
What San Francisco techies and tenant activists have in common; the future of online political targeting; problems with Washington DC's new open data policies; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Seers
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, July 8 2014
Obama campaign guru predicts campaigns by hologram; the Senate intelligence committee takes up cybersecurity; a report card on Mark Zuckerberg's FWD.us; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Decay
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, May 21 2014
The USA Freedom Act surveillance reform bill is getting watered down; Data.gov's 5th anniversary is no cause for celebration; Iran cracks down on "Happy" YouTube video sharers; and much, much more. Read More