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Who really was behind the SOPA protests?

Some critics have blamed Silicon Valley tech firms for the massive online protests last month against two controversial copyright bills. Other groups have trumpeted the grassroots nature of the protests.

By Grant Gross | 04 February, 2012 04:54

Tags: U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Tiffiniy Cheng, TechDirt, search engines, Rupert Murdoch, Public Knowledge, OpenCongress.org, mozilla, Motion Picture Association of America, Mark Stanley, legislation, legal, Jimmy Wales, Internet service providers, internet, intellectual property, Harold Feld, government, Google, Free Software Foundation, Fight for the Future, Erik Martin, Electronic Frontier Foundation, e-commerce, Demand Progress, David Segal, copyright, Chris Dodd, Center for Democracy and Technology, Barack Obama, amazon.com, advertising
White House: No comment on call to investigate MPAA for SOPA bribery

The U.S. White House has declined to respond to a petition calling for authorities to investigate the head of the Motion Picture Association of America for bribery related to comments he made following successful online protests against two controversial copyright enforcement bills.

By Grant Gross | 02 February, 2012 07:18

Tags: U.S. White House, search engines, Motion Picture Association of America, legal, Internet service providers, internet, intellectual property, government, e-commerce, copyright, Chris Dodd, Barack Obama, advertising
White House CTO Chopra leaving his post

Aneesh Chopra, who has served for the past two-and-a-half years as the first CTO for the U.S. government, is stepping down in early February.

By Grant Gross | 28 January, 2012 06:07

Tags: U.S. White House, TechAmerica, Robert Holleyman, John Holdren, Government use of IT, government, Dan Varroney, business software alliance, Barack Obama, Aneesh Chopra, Advisory Board Co.
Sponsor: SOPA markup hearing to resume in February

A hearing to amend and debate the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act should resume in February, its chief sponsor said, even in the face of new opposition to the copyright enforcement bill.

By Grant Gross | 18 January, 2012 09:39

Tags: U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, U.S. Department of Justice, Sherwin Siy, search engines, Public Knowledge, Motion Picture Association of America, legislation, legal, Lamar Smith, Internet service providers, internet, intellectual property, government, copyright, Chris Dodd, Barack Obama, advertising
Opponents step up pressure against SOPA, PIPA

The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act being debated in the U.S. Congress still have major problems, opponents said Monday, even after the bills' lead sponsors promised to take out some much-criticized portions of the legislation.

By Grant Gross | 18 January, 2012 07:28

Tags: wikipedia, U.S. Department of Justice, Sherwin Siy, security, search engines, Sandra Aistars, reddit, Public Knowledge, Patrick Leahy, Mozilla.org, MoveOn.org, legislation, legal, Lamar Smith, Internet service providers, internet, intellectual property, government, Google, Erik Martin, Eric Cantor, Craigslist, Craig Newmark, copyright, Cheezburger, Barack Obama, advertising

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Features about Barack Obama

Obama can't have a BlackBerry. Should your CEO?

The press has been all over President-Elect Barack Obama's addiction to his BlackBerry and the possibility that he might have to give it up for reasons of national security. But no one in the media seems to be asking the most logical follow-up question: Is the cybertechnology that can compromise the future chief executive's BlackBerry also a threat to mobile devices being used every day by thousands of senior executives in corporate America?

By Ephraim Schwartz | 10 December, 2008 09:27

Tags: Barack Obama, Blackberry
FAQ: Why Obama may give up his BlackBerry

Could Barack Obama ever expect to continue using his BlackBerry once he officially becomes president?

By Matt Hamblen | 08 December, 2008 09:14

Tags: Barack Obama, Blackberry
E-voting '08: Problems, yes, but it could have been worse

Despite reports all day long about an assortment of e-voting machine problems in several US states, no massive systemic meltdown occurred.

By Todd R. Weiss | 06 November, 2008 08:04

Tags: Barack Obama, e-voting, US election
Hot search terms: Joe the plumber, 'lipness test'

Google Trends provides some great insight into what people are thinking about, even if they don't always help us to understand what this insight means in terms of the candidates' positioning.

By Thomas Powell and Joe Lima | 28 October, 2008 12:16

Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain
Palin piques the blogosphere

Blog mentions are, like search terms, something of a special case. They probably show the least conclusive representation of candidate support, because there is no way to assess whether such mentions reflect a preponderance of positive or negative evaluations of the candidates. Anecdotal evidence suggests that negative mentions of candidate A by blogs supporting candidate B, and vice-versa, are very common indeed.

By Thomas Powell and Joe Lima | 28 October, 2008 12:15

Tags: Barack Obama, John McCain

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