The FTC Is Investigating Facebook
Facebook has been under fire since reports surfaced that Cambridge Analytica had obtained data for 50 million Facebook users.
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In ‘Open Government Data,’ What’s Really Open?
In parsing the meaning of “open government,” citizens weigh the availability of information against the transparency of creating it. It’s a rare grammar debate that affects the course of democracy.
Spy Agency Seeks Digital Mosaic to Divine Future
The U.S. intelligence community wants to mine lots and lots of the tidbits bopping around on the Internet to suss out trends before they make the news.
Smart Grid Challenges Individual Privacy
The smart grid being discussed for the United States would bring a world of wonders but also would push a very observant eye into the life of everyone using it.
Time for Robin Hood to Make a Comeback
Researchers from Nottingham University Business School say their survey proves it's time for the city to re-embrace its most famous, albeit probably mythical, hero.
State of the Investigative Art
Letters to the Editor: A guide to political funding across the country, courtesy of the National Institute on Money in State Politics.