Google launches Government Requests tool. Google is now making public information on the requests it receives from government agents to remove content from its search results or reveal private user data. The Government Requests tool currently displays the number and type of requests by country for the last six months of 2009. In a bit […]

I’ll be offline until about May 10.  In the meantime, um, keep it generative!  …JZ

Government transparency through technology. U.S. federal government agencies published their open government plans online this week.  The plans detail long-term strategies for addressing one of the three identified principles of open government—transparency, civic participation, and government collaboration with public and private sectors.  They can be accessed by appending “/open” to the department website address.  The […]

On April 3, an Adobe technical project manager demonstrated that Adobe’s new Air software could be used to develop across platforms—he created a Reversi game app that runs on Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows 7, Ubuntu, and OS X (see potential caveats in comments here). Cool! As JZ said, via email, “if this is really possible, […]

A coalition of prominent netizens and watchdogs released its wishlist this week for Digital Due Process.  Google, Microsoft, AT&T, the ACLU, and EFF, among others, are advocating for an update of the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act.  The statute, which includes the current regulations government agencies follow to access an individual’s electronic data and communications, […]