Archive: Year: 2016

Content vs. platform, west coast vs. east coast; bankrolling Hogan's suit against Gawker; and more....

A beautiful visualization of campaign finance; a cautionary case for social media policy; and more....

Civic hacking history; human decisions that go into Facebook's Trending Topics algorithm; and more....

Self-censorship in the USA; the new hub for civic tech; and more....

Database error in the house of Trump; GPS indicates toxic electronics waste often shipped overseas, probably illegally; and more....

Panama Papers database now searchable; an interview with the co-founders of OpenOakland; and more....

NYC Mayor launches "digital playbook," tying it into his fight against inequality; ride-hailing apps lose ballot initiative in TX; and more....

China's Baidu unblocks search for "tank man"; shaping White House foreign policy message in the digital age; and more....

The voluntourism industrial complex; how Facebook trends center-left, on purpose; and more....

Black Lives Matter activists v. social media figureheads; the Information Technology Modernization Act; and more....