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
First POST: Astonishing
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, July 31 2014
Debating how (or if) Twitter should police abusive behavior; Facebook launches Internet.org; an update on the Detroit Water Project; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Power Shifts
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, June 3 2014
#ResetTheNet starts to gain momentum; how Facebook could tilt an election; #BringBackOurGirls gets banned in Nigeria; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Commercially Reasonable Highway Robbery
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, April 25 2014
Net neutrality advocates cry foul at the FCC; a White House petition for "true net neutrality" takes off; the "promise of hashtag" becomes an Internet meme; and much, much more. Read More
First POST: Huffington's Law?
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, April 17 2014
Edward Snowden asks Vladimir Putin about Russian surveillance programs on live TV; why software gurus like Matt Cutts and Dave Winer are alarmed about Internet security; how the DCCC is outpacing the RCCC in online donations; and much, much more. Read More
Weekly Readings: What the Govt Wants to Know
BY Antonella Napolitano and Rebecca Chao | Tuesday, April 15 2014
A roundup of interesting reads and stories from around the web. Read More
Digital Diplomacy: Russian and Ukrainian Cartographers Find Common Ground On OpenStreetMap
BY Jessica McKenzie | Wednesday, April 2 2014
Screenshot of the contentious bit of land as seen in OpenStreetMap 4/2/14
Russia “officially” annexed Crimea from Ukraine on March 21, but is Crimea really Russian now? That depends, in part, on whose map you look at. Crowdsourced sites, like Wikipedia and OpenStreetMap, have struggled alongside geography establishments to come to a consensus, even if that consensus is, for now, to do nothing.
Read MoreFirst POST: Corruption, Shmorruption!
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, April 2 2014
The Supreme Court upends the rest of the campaign finance system; Mozilla's embattled CEO makes his case; peer-to-peer mobile bluetooth messaging service FireChat takes off in Taiwan; and much, much more. Read More
Crowdfunding the Ukrainian Army (Updated)
BY Jessica McKenzie | Wednesday, March 19 2014
The "hijacked" campaign to trick Russians into supporting the Ukrainian army
After Ukraine's Defense Ministry launched their “Support Ukrainian Army” campaign, more than $1 million has been donated, a large chunk of it (more than $200,000) from individuals giving small amounts by texting '565.'
Read MorePDF Poland-CEE 2014: Democracy is Weak but Technology Can Be A Trigger for Social Change
BY Antonella Napolitano | Tuesday, March 18 2014
Photo by Fundacja ePaństwo
In Eastern Europe, democracy is considered "young" but it is also weak, said several activists from the region during the Personal Democracy Forum Poland-CEE, held in Warsaw, from Mar. 13 to 14. Read More