First POST: Waking Up
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, March 31 2015
Hillary Clinton's deleted emails might not be as gone as she thinks; people making decisions about encryption know nothing about encryption; Meerkat is dead (already); finding out that Facebook filters the newsfeed is, to some like waking up in the Matrix; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Impacts
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, February 9 2015
Why it's a bad idea to ban strong encryption; lessons from the rollout of Google Fiber in Kansas City; lessons from the first five years of Code for America; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Recaps
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, January 12 2015
Previewing the State of the Union's tech topics; data-driven campaigns go after the under-18 vote; open data activist Carl Malamud's renewed campaign to liberate the law; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Upvoted
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, October 8 2014
Why Twitter is suing the US government; are Republican campaign videos really dominating the 2014 race; how Facebook is handling the take-down wars between Ukrainian and Russian activists; and much, much more. Read More
How Tech-Savvy Podemos Became One of Spain’s Most Popular Parties in 100 Days
BY Carola Frediani | Monday, August 11 2014
The Podemos banner asks, "When is the last time you voted with hope?" (Podemos Uvieu/flickr)
Podemos (“We Can”), a new Spanish party established in March 2014, disrupted their nation’s political scene when it swept up five seats out of 54 and 1.2 million votes (8% of the total) in the European elections in May even though it was only 100-days-old. With 704,585 likes on Facebook and 321,000 followers on Twitter, it has more online fans than any other Spanish political party.
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