The Syrian opposition's use of Skype, the European Council president's unexpected popularity on the Chinese microblog service Weibo, the disappearing digital record of the Egyptian revolution and fan sites for Mitt Romney are among the highlights in today's First POST, a round-up of news about technology in politics from around the web. Read More

Sasha Issenberg at Slate revisits the Obama campaign's data-mining efforts; Rick Santorum releases his tax returns; and Jim Messina goes on a chimichanga offense in today's First POST. But there's more to this than just U.S. politics — click through for a look at how innovation is changing government and politics around the world. Read More

Here's what's in today's First POST: Nicolas Sarkozy joins Twitter, Danny Sullivan digs in to the "Google problems" of Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, the Obama campaign uses online ads bought against the Westminster Dog Show to continue its cheeky attacks on Romney's "canine problem," and a well-known American colloquialism gets a whole new Internet-centric meaning in Germany.

Around here we like to say that the Internet might someday make politics better but is already making it faster. Keep up with the way the web accelerates public affairs by checking in for First POST every day.

A Pew study finds one in eight active voter registrations are inaccurate; the Obama campaign's new crowdsourced rapid-response plan; Newt Gingrich's new Facebook timeline; and more in today's First POST. Read More

From an update on the Stop Online Piracy Act to the escalating tension globally over privacy and free speech on the web, here's a robust look at what's happening in technology and politics right now. Read More

In today's First POST:

• Karen Handel's resignation from Susan G. Komen for the Cure isn't enough to quell controversy around Komen;
• In Britain, broadcasters push the judiciary to allow cameras in courts;
• The White House is hosting a live-streamed event today on innovation in global development.

In today's First POST:

• Members of the military may get security-hardened Android phones while President Barack Obama couldn't even get a real BlackBerry after taking office;
• Democrats mine the real-time social web for rapid-response opportunities;
• In an interview with David Carr, BuzzFeed's Jonah Peretti says the Facebook newsfeed has habituated people to seeing "a story about the Arab Spring" next to "a picture of your sister's new baby."