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A Majority Of The Public Still Approves Of NSA Dragnet, 4 Graphs
CrunchGov Essential is a scannable roundup of technology’s influence on the day’s big issues. Below a feature post, we present the most thoughtful, outrageous, and inspiring stories told through the…
Taxi Groups Call For Eradication Of Rideshare Startups At SF City Hall Protest
San Francisco taxi labor groups called for the eradication of car ride-sharing startups and the imprisonment of some of their members at a protest in front of City Hall yesterday.…
Why Labor Unions And Silicon Valley Aren’t Friends, In 2 Charts
None of the Internet giants have unionized employees, which has made Silicon Valley a favorite target for civil libertarians. Earlier this month, after several prominent Bay Area technologists came out…
U.S. To Russia: We Won’t Kill Or Torture Snowden
The U.S. has pledged not to seek the death penalty for NSA-whistleblower Edward Snowden. To persuade the Minister of Justice to give up Snowden, it appears that Eric Holder had…
Rep Goodlatte: Immigration Debate “Absolutely” Extends Into Fall, Possibly 2014
The Congressman in charge of assembling immigration reform in the House of Representatives has come to reassure the public that a bill can pass, but it could take a (very)…
Most Unproductive Congress Ever Could Kill Immigration Reform
It’s looking less likely that high-skilled immigration reform will pass soon, if at all. Comprehensive immigration reform is currently sliced up into several smaller bills, waiting for the long, drawn-out…
Play With An MIT Tool That Visualizes How The NSA Can Map Your Relationships
The brainiacs at MIT created a cool visualization program to map how the National Security Agency can understand your relationships based on who you contact via email and how often.…
GOP Maj. Leader Eric Cantor On NSA And Investing In Small Government Technology
The House Republican Majority Leader and Congressman with the most charming southern drawl, Eric Cantor, sat down with me at The Atlantic’s Aspen Ideas Festival for an interview on the National Security…
Why Obama Was Never Going To Be A Civil Liberties Champion
Barack Obama was never going to be a champion of civil liberties; he leads a very old and quickly growing strain of the Democratic party that prioritizes the collective good…
How Hackers Beat The NSA In The ’90s And How They Can Do It Again
While the world parses the ramifications of the National Security Agency’s massive snooping operation, it’s important to remember an earlier government attempt at data collection and, more important, how a…
New Spying Reveal: NSA Maintaining Bulk Email And Browsing Data For Two Years
“The Obama administration for more than two years permitted the National Security Agency to continue collecting vast amounts of records detailing the email and internet usage of Americans,” reports The…
CrunchGov Essential: How The Internet Helped Gay America Come Out Of The Closet
The U.S. has always included a sizable population of gay citizens. Without a way to coordinate their latent collective powers, discrimination and isolation forced them into the shadows. As the…
Snowden Still Seeking Asylum, Wikileaks May Publish Rest Of His Docs
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is in political limbo as he seeks asylum with any country that will help him escape from U.S. extradition. On a press call today, Wikileaks Editor…
New NSA Warrantless Tactics Reveal Little Room For Presumption Of Innocence
The Guardian released new details about the National Security Agency’s spying practices, which reveals how analysts can store vast sums of data without a warrant. Specifically, if the NSA “inadvertently”…
