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 | Warrantless Cell Phone Tracking
In August 2011, 35 ACLU affiliates filed over 380 public records requests with state and local law enforcement agencies to ask about their policies, procedures and practices for tracking cell phones. |
 | People of the State of California Vs. Arbitron Settles
The nation's dominant provider of radio audience metrics has agreed to settle a consumer protection lawsuit jointly pursued by the State of California and the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco over a listenership measurement scheme said to discriminate against radio stations with predominantly African American and Hispanic audiences. |
 | Occupy the Media - Free Speech TV
5:00 on Wednesdays (or whenever you feel like it on your computer), Free Speech TV brings the occupy movement to the occupy the media movement. Watch the latest episodes! |
 | Only Vigilantes Tell The Truth
by Arthur Brisbane, NY Times
Just to totally blow one's mind: the NY Times public editor came up with a column called "Should the NY Times be a Truth Vigilante? |
 | Microsoft's So-Called Avoid Ghetto App
by Jamilah King, Colorlines Magazine
Microsoft has recently been at the center of a whirlwind of controversy over a new app that critics allege is downright racist. On January 3, the company was granted a patent for technology related to its “Pedestrian Route Production” application, a tool that that the company says would navigate the user “safely through neighborhoods with violent crime statistics below a certain threshold.” |
 | Test Drive a Widget?
by Tracy Rosenberg
Those of you wish to enter into a helping relationship with the FCC are encouraged to test drive their widgets as they roll out a new website. |
 | Million Moms Gay Marriage Boycott Fails
Towle Road
The issue was the target of a boycott threat aimed at Toys R Us by the American Family Association's One Million Moms project, which threatened that its members would stop shopping there unless the store removed the issue from its shelves. |
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