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CIVIC TECH NEWS & ANALYSIS

CHALLENGES

Color of Change is raising money for a PI to look into #SandraBland; the White House creates Twitter handle @TheIranDeal; and more. This may be …

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RECAPS

Hillary Clinton gives noncommittal answers during Facebook Q&A; what $1.4 billion will get you in Chicago; and more. During a Facebook Q&A yesterday, presidential candidate …

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GATE-CRASHING

Netroots Nation gets back to its unruly roots, shouting down O’Malley and Sanders; how NASA got good at social media; and more. Over the weekend …

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UBERTOOL

Uber uses app as advocacy platform; Georgia, Argentina, and Mexico are tougher campaign finance regulators than the US; and more. Many tech companies are reluctant …

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AFFORDANCES

A White House program to bring cheap or free internet to 275,000 homes; China censorship watchdog criticizes LinkedIn; and more. The White House is making …

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BLOGGED DOWN

A eulogy for the ways things were before social media took over; should Reddit be turned into a workers’ coop?; and more. Hossein Derakhshan, aka …

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