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CIVIC TECH NEWS & ANALYSIS

VOLUNTEERS

A holistic techno-activism coding program in Ferguson; when Internet filters block too much; and more. FiveThirtyEight’s Jody Avirgan interviews Donovan X. Ramsey, a journalist and …

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COUNT/QUANT

Three emojis or less; how social change is shaping the internet; and more. Hamza Shaban reports for BuzzFeed on Countable, an app that translates proposed legislation into …

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SOCRATES

USAID’s first drone; the Socrates of the NSA; and more. The Department of Homeland Security has monitored the social media accounts of prominent civil rights …

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GENTRIFIED

Paint with Donald Trump; why we open data; NH library may or may not support Tor; and more. Everyone knows that Silicon Valley has made …

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END GAMES

Paint with Donald Trump; why we open data; NH library may or may not support Tor; and more. We remember: If you read one thing …

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MILESTONES

Protester Progress; Brigade adds voter verification badges; and more. Yesterday was the anniversary of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri. In an op-ed for The …

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SHAMS

How the Facebook debate was different from the YouTube debates of 2008; the videos BuzzFeed makes for the GOP; and more. Although co-hosted by Facebook, …

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PARTNERSHIPS

ProPublica and Yelp announce partnership; protecting our digital papers and effects; and more. ProPublica has always partnered with larger news organizations to get their public …

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POLICY-LITE

Half of the GOP candidates don’t have an “issues” page on their website; smart teddy bears; and more. Tech and the presidentials: A Politico review of the …

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