Turn U.S. Embassies Into Ambassadors for the Internet
February 15, 2011Tom Glaisyer Katherine Brown, American Security Project February 15, 2011On YouTube on Jan. 28, President Obama addressed the shut-off of the Internet in Egypt, saying, “There are...
View ArticleFor Middle East Democracy, Send in the Geeks
March 3, 2011 After the 1989 revolutions, the West sent free-market economists east. Now, we can all gain by being information society citizens. Tom Glaisyer Shawn Powers, Georgia State University...
View ArticleThe Real Value of Public Broadcasting
Politicians are quick and generous when it comes to paying platitudes to rural America. Regardless of the issue -- from the economy to the environment, from broadband to public broadcasting -- our...
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China’s 'Networked Authoritarianism'
April 2011Rebecca MacKinnonApril 25, 2011To mark the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a German arts organization launched a website called the "Berlin Twitter Wall." Anyone...
View ArticleMap to Nowhere
May 18, 2011 The FCC has now failed twice at producing good broadband data. Time to give someone else a try. Benjamin LennettSascha MeinrathMay 18, 2011Why is it so incredibly difficult to figure out...
View ArticleEgypt: Not Just the Facebook Revolution
June 3, 2011 Egypt's largest independent newspaper, Al-Masry Al-Youm, is showing Egyptians what a free press looks like. More than social media, that may be the key to the nation's future. Romesh...
View ArticleFCC Future of Media Report Released - The Changing Media Landscape in a...
The Federal Communications Commissions Future of Media Report has been released. See the embedded report below or download your own copy here.FCC Report: THE INFORMATION NEEDS OF COMMUNITIES We are...
View ArticleWake-Up Call from a Fake Syrian Blogger
June 16, 2011Evgeny MorozovJune 16, 2011Some 14,000 Facebook users joined an online campaign to demand the release of Amina Araf, an outspoken lesbian blogger, from a Syrian prison. How awkward, then,...
View ArticleLessons Learned from the Fight for Low-Power FM Radio: A Dream that Never Died
Hannah Sassaman, a Field Analyst with the Open Technology Initiative a board member at Allied Media Projects and a longtime organizer at Prometheus, wrote and adapted these thoughts in anticipation of...
View ArticleTo Preserve Democracy, Preserve Journalism
July 1, 2011Tom GlaisyerSarah StonbelyJuly 1, 2011What information is necessary in the 21st century?On June 9, the Federal Communications Commission issued "The Information Needs of Communities," a...
View ArticleOur Web Freedom at the Mercy of Tech Giants
August 1, 2011Rebecca MacKinnonAugust 1, 2011Wael Ghonim, Google executive by day, secret Facebook activist by night, famously declared right after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down in...
View ArticleMedia Is Growing More White. What’s the FCC Doing About It?
August 11, 2011Jason SmithAugust 11, 2011The increasing lack of racial diversity in the U.S. media landscape is becoming a hot topic and putting pressure on policy makers to (finally) pay attention.As...
View ArticleRepressing the Internet, Western-Style
August 13, 2011 As politicians call for more online controls after London and Norway, authoritarian states are watching. Evgeny MorozovAugust 13, 2011Did the youthful rioters who roamed the streets of...
View ArticleIn Defense of the Internet Craftsman
August 15, 2011 Universal broadband should be about control, not just access. James LoseySascha MeinrathAugust 15, 2011In 1439, Johannes Gutenberg sparked an information revolution. The invention of...
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New Tools for Today's Investigative Journalist
Originally posted on DanBlah.comWhile I am by no means a seasoned investigative journalist, I have the good fortune to work with some. Looking ten years back I couldn't imagine a media organization...
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New Tools for Today's Investigative Journalist
Originally posted on DanBlah.com and cross posted from the Open Technology Initiative.While I am by no means a seasoned investigative journalist, I have the good fortune to work with some. Looking ten...
View ArticleThe Internet’s Intolerable Acts
December 8, 2011 You should be very afraid of a pair of bills that threaten Internet freedom. Sascha MeinrathJames LoseyDecember 8, 2011The United States of America was forged in resistance to...
View ArticleFinding journalism's Future
April 11, 2012Victor PickardApril 11, 2012This newspaper's parent company sold last week for $55 million, a staggering $460 million less than what it fetched in 2006. The plight of the company, which...
View ArticleBuilding a Multi-Platform Media For—and By—the Public
June 21, 2012 Commercial broadcasters make for bad trustees. Let’s find another way. Tom GlaisyerBenjamin LennettJune 21, 2012At first glance, the new rule approved last month by the Federal...
View ArticleOpen Data Movement
July 2, 2012 Where it's been and where it appears to be going. Alissa BlackJuly 2, 2012The open data movement is taking root at the local level. Since President Barack Obama’s 2009 memorandum on...
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