George Williams
The Internet and bureaucracy move at two radically different speeds. Advances in Internet technology, much of it social-media-based these days, proceed amazingly quickly. Lawmaking, not so much. This is an inherent disconnect, and one that often involves legislation...
Rachelle Matherne
Major protests and riots in Egypt began a week ago today. Undoubtedly inspired by the recent uprisings in Tunisia, the current state of dissention has been a long while in the making. We have been covering the growing unrest in Egypt on the SixEstate blog for a few...
George Williams
What a wild and woolly week it has been for Mark Zuckerberg! The young Facebook mogul, perennially under scrutiny for missteps concerning privacy and data security, has just upgraded Facebook’s security measures. Hardly shocking, since Zuckerberg’s own...
David Reich
The following is a guest article by Ben Kerson, who lived and worked for an American NGO in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, for two years. Kerson reached out to nearly two dozen Tunisian citizens for their take on recent events. Ben Kerson currently lives in New York...
Rachelle Matherne
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has instigated yet another discussion about technology and legality. At the recent bail hearing for Assange in England, the judge allowed journalists to tweet during the hearing — the first time in the country that Twitter use...
