Network World: Google CEO: Take your data and run. Google wants to make the information it stores for its users easily portable so they can export it to a competing service if they are dissatisfied, the company’s CEO said Tuesday.
The company’s behavior to date does not support this new stance, but it will be helpful [...]
In a conversation with a political reporter yesterday, we wondered whether collaborative communications had made a breakthrough in this election cycle. I said there had been some progress, but not the ultimate breakthrough we’re all hoping for.
More than ever, campaigns used the Net to communicate with the faithful and especially to raise money. They did [...]
…at Congresspedia.
Today I showed Placeblogger.com to a crowd at the Berkman Center for the Internet and Society along with Dan Gillmor, which David Weinberger was kind enough to give a very thorough writeup to. As soon as polls close this evening, Placeblogger will enter a limited alpha, and if you’re interested in browsing placeblogs nationwide, [...]
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Names@Work: Senator Would Outlaw Anonymous Blogs. New proposed legislation (in Brazil) would make it a crime, punishable by four years in jail, to anonymously send email, join a chat forum, download content, or write a blog.
This is going to be a constant battle around the world in coming years. Governments loathe anonymity.
But we need to [...]
(This guest posting comes via Lauren Gelman, deputy director of the Center for Internet & Society at Stanford Law School.)
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When we asked for your questions, we never expected that 80% would be about taking photographs or videos at the polls.
Research by student fellows at the Stanford University Law School’s Center for Internet & Society has, [...]
The Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society asked you for your questions about Election Day legal issues, and you responded. Below are some questions and answers, which will become a “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQ) page, and we will be adding more soon.
NOTE: If you’re planning to take photos or videos, please look at [...]
Tom Evslin asks: “VoterStory.org – What is the Story?” This site is asking citizens to keep an eye on electronic voting machines tomorrow, Election Day.
Specifically: Tom wants to know who’s getting the data the site seeks from voters, who’s keeping it and for how long. He notes that
there’s a lot of personal information requested here. [...]
Wired News: Gannett to Crowdsource News. Other large publishers are already experimenting with bringing readers into a more participatory role, and a host of citizen-journalism projects like NowPublic and NewAssignment.Net have sprung up in the last few years. But because of its reach, Gannett’s move could bring these issues into the mainstream.
This is truly remarkable, [...]
The Sunlight Foundation asks, “Is Congress A Family Business, Round Two:
Once again we’re looking at the House of Representatives, this time investigating what I like to call the Sierra Dominion phenomenon—that of congressional spouses who work for a firm that in turn works for the member’s campaign. Sierra Dominion Financial Resources is the name of [...]