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How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps

vice.com/en/article/jgqm5x/us-military-location-data-xmode-locate-x

• privacy, tag
• government, tag
• data, tag
• surveillance, tag
• databrokers, tag
• ·3 years ago

So you want to reform democracy. Hello. You probably just wrote me an… | by Joshua Tauberer | Civic Tech Thoughts from JoshData | Medium

medium.com/civic-tech-thoughts-from-joshdata/so-you-want-to-reform-democracy-7f3b1ef10597

• politics, tag
• government, tag
• civics, tag
• democracy, tag
• technology, tag
• apps, tag
• ·3 years ago

Why the US Sucks at Building Public Transit - VICE

vice.com/en_us/article/884kvk/why-the-us-sucks-at-building-public-transit

America is worse at building and operating public transit than nearly all of its peers. Why is that? And what can we do to fix it?

• infrastructure, tag
• cities, tag
• cars, tag
• america, tag
• transportation, tag
• government, tag
• ·4 years ago

Burn the Fucking System to the Ground | Popehat

popehat.com/2013/12/23/burn-the-fucking-system-to-the-ground/

• systems, tag
• article, tag
• government, tag
• ·4 years ago

May ends her premiership as she started it: With the greatest lie of all

politics.co.uk/blogs/2019/05/24/may-ends-her-premiership-as-she-started-it-with-the-greatest

Theresa May leaves Downing Street speaking of compromise and moderation - values she did noting to promote.

• government, tag
• politics, tag
• uk, tag
• ·4 years ago

‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower | News | The Guardian

theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/17/data-war-whistleblower-christopher-wylie-faceook-nix-bannon-trump

• journalism, tag
• politics, tag
• election, tag
• data, tag
• government, tag
• brexit, tag
• ·6 years ago

What’s the design process at GDS? | Government Digital Service

gds.blog.gov.uk/2014/07/18/whats-the-design-process-at-gds/

• design, tag
• decision_process, tag
• ethnography, tag
• government, tag
• ·9 years ago