In my recent blog posts, I have been discussing ways that citizens can communicate with government officials through the Internet, social media, and wireless technology to solve problems in their communities and to effect public policy. Using technology for civic engagement, however, should not be limited to communications with elected or appointed government officials. One […]
Archives for 2013
Improve Connectivity in Rural Communities – Principle #9 for Fostering Civic Engagement Through Digital Technologies
November 21, 2013 by
Digital Activism and Non Violent Conflict
November 20, 2013 by
As a CITP fellow last year, one of my goals was to get a new project on digital activism off the ground. With support from the US Institutes of Peace and a distributed network of researchers we pulled together an event dataset of hundreds of instances where people tried using information and communication technologies to achieve […]
Your TV is spying on you, and what you can do about it
November 19, 2013 by
A recent UK observer with a packet sniffer noticed that his LG “smart” TV was sending all his viewing habits back to an LG server. This included filenames from an external USB disk. Add this atop observations that Samsung’s 2012-era “smart” TVs were riddled with security holes. (No word yet on the 2013 edition.) What’s […]
A Good Day at the Googleplex
November 14, 2013 by
Judge Chin has issued his decision in the Google Book Search case, and it’s a win for Google. For those of you who have been following the litigation, it’s been a long trip through the arcana of class certification. Today’s decision, however, finally gets to the merits of Google’s fair use defense under the […]
Inject New Energy into Problem Solving – Principle #8 for Fostering Civic Engagement Through Digital Technologies
November 12, 2013 by
In response to my recent post arguing that the Federal government needs to use the social web more effectively as a tool for improving information sharing between the Federal government and the public, Michael Herz from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law reached out and directed me to a comprehensive report he recently authored […]
