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CIVIC TECH NEWS & ANALYSIS

UPLINKS

Bootlegged gov’t datasets; a Trump-Lessig third-party ticket; and more. Government Openings: In Medium, Presidential Innovation Fellow Denice Ross looks at the value of open data in New …

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SERVICE

Tech companies’ non-response to the refugee crisis; Internet.org becomes Free Basics by Facebook; and more. Caitlin Dewey has a must-read piece in the Washington Post on the …

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CIVIC BUNTWANI

Things are worse than Orwell imagined; how Ghanaians use social media; and more. This is civic tech: The Smart Chicago Collaborative has posted the full 29-day, 174-hour …

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DEVILS AND CABALS

Monopolizing presidential debates in the digital info age; Twitter kills international Politwoops; and more. Access Denials: When did it become OK for a single cable …

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MARGINAL RETURNS

Hillary Clinton unleashes 2016’s first “attack text”; Martin O’Malley tries to show off his tech nerd chops; civic hackers making the European Commission more transparent. …

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FIRST POST: SELF-ORGANIZING

How Bernie Sanders supporters are using Reddit, Facebook and clipboards to self-organize; Jeb Bush’s opposition to encryption; Amsterdam’s Internet of Things network. Tech and the …

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FIRST POST: TRUMP CARDS

Why to take Donald Trump seriously; Lawrence Lessig’s open source campaign; and warnings about the Internet’s future. Tech and the Presidentials: Just as the Obama campaign …

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FIRST POST: SUBVERSIONS

Is it really a “social media election”? How #BlackLiveMatters is engaging Hillary Clinton; and the White House Presidential Innovation Fellows program grows up. Tech and …

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FIRST POST: FEEDBACK

Is Amazon’s grueling workplace the future? Can Lawrence Lessig fire up the Internet? How tech can help Asian language speakers navigate the voting process. The …

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