The Europe Roundup: Debating "Life Hacking" on EU Websites
BY Antonella Napolitano | Tuesday, November 22 2011
EU | Debating "Life Hacking" on EU Websites: Useful Tips and Comments Did you know that Google and other searches can make your life much easier when you're trying to find relevant information in the messy EU websites? ... Read More
Governments Must Not Censor the Internet: A Strong Remark From UK Foreign Minister
BY Antonella Napolitano | Tuesday, November 1 2011
In the opening address of the London Conference on Cyberspace, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague took a strong stance on freedom of expression, declaring that governments should not censor activities in cyberspace. His ... Read More
The Europe Roundup: MPs Are Now Allowed To Tweet in Parliament
BY Antonella Napolitano | Wednesday, October 19 2011
UK | MPs Are Now Allowed To Tweet in Parliament With 203 votes in favour (and 63 against), British MPs are now officially allowed to tweet during their activities in the Chamber of Commons. The vote resolves ... Read More
The Europe Roundup: How the Indignados Movement is Redefining Politics
BY Antonella Napolitano | Tuesday, October 18 2011
Spain | How the Indignados Movement is Redefining Politics While the OccupyWallStreet protest spread around the world, it's time to rethink action and objectives for those who helped start this movement, the ... Read More
The Greater Manchester Police's New Hashtag Should Be #Jailed
BY Nick Judd | Thursday, August 11 2011
The Greater Manchester Police have taken up the practice of tweeting the names and dates of birth of people convicted of crimes stemming from the recent riots there. "We promised we'd name all those convicted for their ... Read More
The Europe Roundup: Apps4Germany
BY Antonella Napolitano | Monday, July 18 2011
Germany | Apps4Germany Open Data in Germany takes a further step with the launch of a national competition called "Apps für Deutschland" (Apps for Germany). Apps4De is set to "open up the public sector", as explained ... Read More
The Europe Roundup: Why are Political Blogs Dominated by Men?
BY Antonella Napolitano | Thursday, July 14 2011
UK | Why are political blogs dominated by men The Hansard Society has a new report out entitled "Gender And Digital Politics" in which the three authors examine the question: “Why are political blogs dominated by ... Read More
The Europe Roundup: Social Networks and Voting in Italy: is There New Evidence?
BY Antonella Napolitano | Friday, July 8 2011
Italy | Social Networks and Voting in Italy: is There New Evidence? In the past two months Italy has faced a round of elections – two administrative ballots and a referendum day – which have been unanimously ... Read More
The Europe roundup: Petition Your Council. Easily.
BY Antonella Napolitano | Wednesday, July 6 2011
UK | Petition Your Council. Easily. Yesterday mySociety.org launched a new project called PetitionYourCouncil.com: the website has been built to make it easy to petition your local council using their official online ... Read More
The Europe Roundup: The Danger of Transparency
BY Antonella Napolitano | Wednesday, June 29 2011
Slovakia | The danger of transparency A couple of weeks ago the winners of the Open Data Challenge were announced at the First Digital Agenda Assembly in Brussels. Best in the application category was ZNasichDani.sk ... Read More