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Supernova Conference Returns to SF, Dec. 1-3
Nov 9, 2009 | We're looking forward to taking part in this year's Supernova Conference as a media sponsor, and we hope you'll Read More
National Cyber Security Awareness Month
Oct 12, 2009 | October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the U.S., and a number of government agencies and industry trade Read More
FTC Plans Privacy Workshops
Sep 16, 2009 | The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has announced plans to host a series of free public workshops about digital privacy, beginning Read More
U.S. CIO's News Conference on Cloud Computing and Apps.gov
Sep 15, 2009 | At a press conference this morning at NASA's Ames Research Center, U.S. federal CIO Vivek Kundra demoed the new Apps.gov Read More
Google Introduces Data Liberation Front
Sep 14, 2009 | An engineering team at Google that calls itself the Data Liberation Front (no relationship to the Technology Liberation Front that Read More
FCC Launches Blog, Twitter Profile
Aug 18, 2009 | With *just* 183 days left until it has to present Congress with a national broadband plan, the Federal Communications Commission Read More
Peer-to-Patent's Past and Future
Jul 16, 2009 | As we learned last week, two years into the pilot program, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has Read More
Introducing the Federal IT Dashboard, and Blog
Jul 13, 2009 | A few weeks ago at the Personal Democracy Forum conference in New York City, United States CIO Vivek Kundra launched Read More
Only a Few Days Left to Register for PdF
Jun 25, 2009 | After taking a brief hiatus following our 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit last month, we're back with a reminder Read More
Oh No! Twitter Down During Transparency Session
May 13, 2009 | It's a cruel twist of fate that Twitter is down for maintenance during today's roundtable on Tech's Role in Promoting Read More
President Names Aneesh Chopra as National CTO
Apr 18, 2009 | After months of speculation about who would be selected as the nation's first Chief Technology Officer, news broke yesterday that Read More
Exclusive: Steven Levy's Interview with Vint Cerf
Apr 2, 2009 | As part of the run-up to our 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit conference, taking place May 11-13 at the Read More
Washington 2.0: How a Federal CIO Changes the Game
Mar 9, 2009 | It's only been a few days since President Obama named D.C. CTO and tech advisor Vivek Kundra to the Read More
Join Us for The Free! Summit on May 11th
Feb 27, 2009 | For over a year now, we've been kicking around the idea of producing a conference about "Freeconomics" and how Read More
Obama's Team: Who's In? Who's Likely?
Feb 24, 2009 | While several key tech policy-related positions are still in flux as we await nominations and confirmations, the Obama administration has Read More
Internet SAFETY Bill Proposes New Data Retention Rules
Feb 20, 2009 | Two Republican lawmakers from Texas, Sen. John Cornyn and Rep. Lamar Smith, held a press conference yesterday to promote their Read More
Join Us March 25th for a Breakfast Event Featuring Dr. Vint Cerf
Feb 18, 2009 | As we pre-announced earlier this week on Twitter, we are very excited to be hosting a new Tech Policy Read More
(Updated) Facebook's TOS: Trust and Ownership of Data
Feb 17, 2009 | UPDATED 2/18 at 5:05am PST: Facebook announced Tuesday night that it will revert back to its previous terms of service Read More
Feedback Wanted On New Tool To Improve Federal Budget
Feb 11, 2009 | We learned about this research project through our Tech Policy Central group on Facebook (click here to join), and we Read More
Data Privacy Day Recap
Feb 2, 2009 | Last Wednesday marked Data Privacy Day in the United States, Canada and 27 European countries and, to commemorate the annual Read More
Inside the Transition's Tech, Innovation and Government Reform Team
Jan 19, 2009 | With less than a day to go until the Inauguration, the Obama-Biden transition team released a video introducing its Technology, Read More
Podcast of Privacy 2009 at Facebook
Jan 10, 2009 | We'd like to thank everyone who took part in the Privacy 2009: The Year Ahead lunch salon we co-hosted at Read More
Privacy 2009: The Year Ahead
Jan 5, 2009 | As a reminder, Tech Policy Central and Facebook will be co-hosting a Lunch Salon about digital privacy in the Read More
News from Who's Who
Dec 19, 2008 | While we've been busy this week finalizing some of the (very exciting) details of the Tech Policy Summit '09 agenda, Read More
Paying For News, And Other Content
Dec 10, 2008 | Patrick Ross, executive director of The Copyright Alliance, wrote a blog post yesterday about advertising's role in the news industry and the Read More
Obama-Biden's Plan to Offer Americans a Seat at the Table
Dec 9, 2008 | In the lead up to Inauguration Day, organizations representing a variety of interests (including many in the tech/telecom policy space) Read More
New Rules Restrict 'Sexually Suggestive' Content on YouTube
Dec 2, 2008 | YouTube has announced a number of new rules for its video sharing site, including stricter standards for what type of Read More
Coalition Calls for Open Presidential Transition
Dec 2, 2008 | As Inauguration Day nears, a new Open Government coalition has formed to offer its recommendations to President-elect Barack Obama and Read More
FTC Changes Could Impact Bloggers, Net Marketers
Nov 25, 2008 | Last Friday, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that it was seeking public comments on proposed revisions to its rules Read More
Call for Nominations: People to Watch
Nov 18, 2008 | We are excited to officially announce the launch of the first 2009 Tech Policy Who's Who: People to Watch Read More
Presidential Transitions in the Age of Twitter
Nov 3, 2008 | Dr. Mark Drapeau, an associate research fellow at the National Defense University, has written an interesting guest post at techPresident.com Read More
MySpace, MTV and Monetization
Nov 3, 2008 | MySpace and MTV Networks have joined forces with a Silicon Valley advertising startup named Auditude (that happens to be run Read More
National Dialogue on Health IT and Privacy
Oct 27, 2008 | If you are concerned or curious (or both) about IT's role in healthcare, you have a unique opportunity to take Read More
CDT Calls on Campaigns to Expose DMCA Requests
Oct 23, 2008 | Have U.S. media companies used "overally aggressive copyright claims" to chill political speech this election season, ignoring fair use in Read More
Tech Policy Summit Q&A With Craig Newmark
Oct 14, 2008 | As we announced last month, the 3rd annual Tech Policy Summit will take place March 23-25, 2009 in the Bay Area Read More
Lessig: In Defense of the Remix Culture
Oct 14, 2008 | Larry Lessig's latest, and probably last, book on digital copyright, "Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy," Read More
MySpace and Commission on Presidential Debates Team Up
Sep 17, 2008 | I just finished reading Ars Technica's write-up of MyDebates.org, the new site created by MySpace and the Commission on Presidential Read More
Fair Use and DMCA Takedowns: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Case Against Universal
Aug 21, 2008 | A U.S. District Court judge has denied Universal Music Group's request to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Stephanie Lenz, the Read More
Where Are You?
Aug 13, 2008 | I admit that I've become addicted to the status updates in Twitter and Facebook. Even when I'm not revealing what Read More
Like MySpace, Facebook Strikes Net Safety Deal with AGs
May 8, 2008 | TechCrunch broke the news this morning that Facebook is adopting a set of "Key Principles Of Social Networking Safety" as Read More
Trying to Bring DOPA Back
May 7, 2008 | If sites like Second Life won't protect kids from obviously inappropriate content, the Congress will. That quote is from Rep. Read More
Facebook Gets New Policy VP, From Google
May 5, 2008 | It's not unusual for execs to jump from one Silicon Valley company to another in search of a new challenge. Which Read More
Sen. Kerry Turns to Blog for NN Feedback
Apr 21, 2008 | In advance of tomorrow's Senate Commerce Committee hearing on the future of the Internet, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) is asking Read More
Twittering FCC Hearing
Apr 17, 2008 | Halfway through today's FCC hearing at Stanford, we decided to experiment with posting updates about the meeting to Twitter. If Read More
Tech Policy Summit '08 Podcasts Available
Apr 8, 2008 | We're happy to report that the podcasts from the 2008 Tech Policy Summit, which took place at the Renaissance hotel Read More
PublicMarkup.org
Apr 7, 2008 | One of the highlights of this year's Tech Policy Summit was a breakout session on using social media as a Read More
Staying In Touch After The Summit
Mar 31, 2008 | We've begun the process of preparing podcasts of all of the sessions from last week's Tech Policy Summit conference. Our Read More
Kentucky Bill Seeks Ban on Anonymous Content
Mar 10, 2008 | A Kentucky state legislator named Tim Couch is quickly making a name for himself on the Internet after introducing a Read More
Larry Lessig, Newt Gingrich and the C Word
Feb 26, 2008 | Admittedly, Stanford law professor Larry Lessig and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich have little in common when it Read More
Chinese Sites "Volunteer" to Self-Censor
Feb 22, 2008 | According to Reuters, China has asked Web site owners to voluntarily pledge to censor their content as part of its Read More
Drafting Lessig for Congress
Feb 18, 2008 | Fans of Stanford law professor and Creative Commons founder Larry Lessig are organizing a "Draft Lessig" campaign in hopes that Read More
The Countdown to China's Video Crackdown
Jan 30, 2008 | Tomorrow is the day when new regulations on Internet video content go into effect in China, and it's still unclear Read More
Copyright Cuts Both Ways
Jan 21, 2008 | Since we frequently write about efforts by content providers and software companies to protect their intellectual property against unauthorized usage, Read More
The Davos Question
Jan 18, 2008 | The World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland opens in less than a week and, while some critics Read More
It's All Fun and Games...Until Someone Sues
Jan 16, 2008 | It looks like the makers of Scrabble have a few choice words about Scrabulous, a free online version of the Read More
MySpace's Net Safety Principles
Jan 15, 2008 | After being targeted by state attorneys general for not doing enough to protect minors following a series of high-profile cases, MySpace Read More
Primary Season Fever
Jan 9, 2008 | Presidential election watchers are abuzz following "comeback" wins by Senators John McCain and Hillary Clinton in yesterday's New Hampshire primaries. Read More
Viacom Shares Content; Just Not With YouTube
Jan 8, 2008 | It's been almost 10 months since Viacom filed its $1 billion copyright infringement suit against Google/YouTube, and the rift between Read More
Who's Watching Whom? The Other Side of Surveillance
Jan 7, 2008 | In an editorial last week, Computerworld reporter Mike Elgan declared his support for a "surveillance society" where government officials aren't Read More
TechCrunch Hosts Its Own Prez Primary
Dec 20, 2007 | Apparently, TechCrunch's Michael Arrington isn't content with just interviewing candidates for the U.S. presidency. The über blogger has now decided Read More
Video Takedown Does the Trick?
Dec 18, 2007 | A well-known Bay Area band once sang a song with these lyrics: "Once in a while, you get shown the light Read More
Rep. Markey's Second Life Speech
Dec 12, 2007 | Rep. Ed Markey (D-CA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and chair of the House Select Read More
DMCA In Action
Dec 11, 2007 | AllThingsD.com's Kara Swisher has broken the news that YouTube pulled the plug on a viral video called "Here Comes the Read More
Dems Use Videos to Explain Iowa Caucus
Dec 5, 2007 | With less than a month to go until the Iowa Caucus, the presidential candidates are pulling out all of the Read More
Facebook's About Face: Beacon Now Opt-In
Nov 30, 2007 | Facebook announced that it's changing its Beacon advertising program from opt-out to opt-in, giving members more control over what info Read More
The Morning After the Debate
Nov 29, 2007 | There's been plenty of coverage about last night's Republican CNN/YouTube debate in Florida, so we'll keep this brief. As Tech Read More
Lost in Translation? Differences on Google Case in Israel
Nov 28, 2007 | Yesterday morning, a report in Techdirt said that Google had been ordered by an Israeli court to turn over information about Read More
When Videos Cross the Line, Continued
Nov 27, 2007 | A few weeks ago, we wrote a post asking who decides when videos cross the line? It was in the Read More
UK Worried about Teens' Electronic Footprint
Nov 27, 2007 | A new survey of 2,000 teens and young adults in the United Kingdom found that 71 percent of them hope Read More
Is Facebook's Beacon Backfiring?
Nov 23, 2007 | As you've probably heard by now, social networking site Facebook has come under fire this week because political action group Read More
DNA Meets Social Networking
Nov 19, 2007 | Thanks to a Silicon Valley startup named 23andMe, there's a new way for you to get to know yourself and your Read More
CBS Tries Wi-Fi in the Big Apple
Nov 19, 2007 | CBS is venturing into new territory with the launch of a Wi-Fi network called the "CBS Mobile Zone" that will Read More
Who Decides When Videos Cross the Line?
Nov 9, 2007 | As you've probably heard by now, a teenage gunman who went on a killing spree at a school in Finland Read More
Developing Copyright Guidelines for User-Generated Content
Nov 1, 2007 | Two weeks ago, a group of leading Internet and media companies announced their support for a set of "user-generated content principles." Adopted by Read More
Mitt Romney's Take on Tech
Nov 1, 2007 | We've written before about the growing role of social media in the 2008 elections -- whether it's YouTube debates, MySpace Read More
New Video Site Lets Users Share Popular Shows
Oct 29, 2007 | After a great deal of hullabaloo, and an estimated $100 million, the new online video site by News Corp. and Read More
Microsoft and Facebook Strike a Deal
Oct 24, 2007 | It seems to be another case of you lose some, you win some for Microsoft. Hot on the heels of Read More
DOD Bans YouTube, MySpace
May 14, 2007 | According to an Associated Press report in Yahoo! News, the Department of Defense (DOD) is implementing a new policy -- Read More
Video on the Future of Video
May 11, 2007 | The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, led by Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA), held its hearing yesterday on the Read More
Digg's DMCA Woes
May 4, 2007 | Digg is the latest, but unlikely the last, social media company to find itself walking the thin line between enabling Read More
Viacom Demands YouTube Remove Clips
Feb 2, 2007 | Reuters is reporting that Viacom has demanded that Google remove all of Viacom's clips from YouTube -- an estimated 100,000 Read More
Bill Would Try to Restrict Sex Offenders' Web Access
Dec 7, 2006 | According to a Reuters report on News.com, during the next session of Congress, Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Charles Schumer Read More
MySpace's Move to Ban Sex Offenders
Dec 6, 2006 | The New York Times (free sub required) reports that social networking site MySpace.com, which has over 130 million members, is Read More
