George Williams
I had a clever way to start this column but Ryan Singel, a columnist for Wired, beat me to the punch with it, so I’ll begin by quoting him: ANALYSIS: Twitter introduced a new feature last month without telling anyone about it, and the rest of the tech world...
George Williams
Julian Assange and his pet project, WikiLeaks, have been all over the news recently, their release of secret documents related to the Iraq War certainly stirring up a hornet’s nest. Prior to this point, the website was celebrated, and not just by a bunch of...
Rachelle Matherne
An ordinary citizen defies the government to release sensitive data over the Internet, to spread information he or she feels should not be kept secret. It’s something that is happening more and more frequently, and is even being recognized by top journalism...
Rachelle Matherne
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks has released classified video footage of a U.S. military incident, essentially peeling the scab off of a three-year-old wound. In 2007, a helicopter attack in a Baghdad suburb led to the deaths of at least a dozen people, including two...
George Williams
Wikipedia’s anti-SOPA blackout. As an online content creator, I’m worried about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Very worried. As a matter of fact, it is the last worry anyone wants to have in the current economy — fear for your livelihood. Of...
