First POST: Turbulence
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, January 13 2015
Why David Cameron's call to ban encrypted communications in the UK is stupid and unworkable; what "democracy in the digital age" might look like; the open data movement's turbulent teenage years in the US; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Clues
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, January 9 2015
Updating the Cluetrain Manifesto fifteen years later; how to battle online harassment; CityCamps this weekend; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Pushbacks
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, January 6 2015
Why time is a more important metric than clicks; how police are criminalizing some social media; Mikhail Khodorkovsky's Open Russia movement; 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: Voters Speak
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, November 5 2014
Inside the GOP's big listening machine; how the midterm vote played out on Facebook and Twitter; how tech isn't (and is) addressing inequality; and much, much more. Read More
Pew Survey Finds Increased Social Media and Mobile Political Engagement For 2014 Midterms
BY Miranda Neubauer | Monday, November 3 2014
More and more American voters are using social media and their cell phones to connect with candidates and follow political news, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. 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: 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
Civic Tech and Engagement: How Network-Centric Organizing Made the People's Climate March
BY Jessica McKenzie | Monday, September 22 2014
Hundreds of thousands marched for climate change in New York (South Bend Voice/flickr)
At a reported 400,000 people, yesterday's People's Climate March was purportedly four times larger than expected. Other articles may feature the celebrities who turned out for a photo-op; this one is concerned with everyone else, the “odd juxtapositions” of a Muslim marching next to a Christian, a pagan next to a monk, and the work (and tech) that went into getting them there.
Read MoreIn Detroit Water Project, Tech-Driven Philanthropy Takes Off Without Touching Down
BY Denise Cheng | Friday, September 19 2014
Disaster images like this one of Michigan Central Station has led to outpourings of offers to "fix" Detroit (Thomas Hawk/flickr)
Denise Cheng, an independent researcher affiliated with MIT's MIT Center for Civic Media, was surprised to learn that new philanthropy organizations like the Direct Water Project operate remotely. She explores the ins and outs of a new breed of tech-driven, direct philanthropy. Read More