Tag: Politics

Google Partners With POLITICO On Technology And Politics
Google and YouTube are partnering with POLITICO to host an event on Monday at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. to talk about technology's role in democracy and the political proc...
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More Voters Expect Political Candidates To Use Twitter
Three out-of-five Americans who consider themselves somewhat politically active are members of a social network, and 70 percent indicated they expect to vote in November, accord...
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Yahoo Launches Political Site For November Elections
Yahoo News has launched “Ask America,” a new interactive and social website focused on the November 2010 elections. The site asks Americans to share t...
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Group Accused of Politically Gaming Digg
Digg is looking into accusations that a conservative group has been gaming the site to bury content it deems too liberal. oleoleolson at AlterNet...
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Lawmakers Question Yahoo, AOL And MySpace Over Online Tracking
U.S. representatives Ed Markey (D-Mass) and Joe Barton (R-Texas) sent a letter today to 15 companies identified in a recent Wall Street Journal investigation as installing consu...
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NetChoice Voices Opposition To Online Retail Tax
Representative Paul Hodes (D-NH) introduced today a bipartisan resolution to protect online out-of-state sellers from having to collect taxes in states where they have no physic...
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Report: State Dept. Official May Go To Work For Google
A State Department official who's made something of a splash due to his use of Twitter might soon begin collecting paychecks from Google, according to a new report.  Jared...
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Internet Gambling Bill To Get Mark-Up Tuesday
The Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection and Enforcement Act (H.R. 2267) which was debated at a Congressional hearing this week is set to be amended or marked up by...
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AOL Launches Advertising Hub For Politics
AOL has launched AOL Advertising Politics hub aimed at campaigns, advocacy groups and companies looking to target audiences online. Online display advertising ha...
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Lawmakers Hold Hearing On Internet Gambling
The House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing Wednesday to discuss regulating Internet gambling in the U.S. and establish safeguards for licensed operators to put in...
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Facebook Hires White House Economics Expert
A round of applause for Facebook's HR department, please.  Today, the company announced that it's managed to hire Marne Levine, who last held the title(s) "Special Ass...
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Google, Twitter Document Political History In Australia
This week, Australia got its first female prime minister (Julia Gillard replaced Kevin Rudd following a surprise challenge for the leadership of the Labor Party), and throughout...
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Rude Behavior Causing Americans To Tune Out Social Networks
More than one-third (34%) of Americans are "tuning out" social networking sites, with 39 percent doing so because of rude behavior, according to a new survey by Weber...
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Facebook CEO Meets UK’s Prime Minister, Culture Sec.
UK politicians may soon be making status updates and friending voters like never before.  Mark Zuckerberg met with the UK's Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media...
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FCC Seeks Comments On Broadband Regulation
The Federal Communications Commission today said it is seeking public comment on the best way to support its efforts to ensure universal access to high-speed broadband services...
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