The Guardian's editorial on the UK bill pulls no punches: The digital economy bill is misnamed. A more honest title for the legislation, recently introduced in the Lords, would be the copyright protection and punishment bill. It is less about creating the digital businesses of the 21st century than protecting […]
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The Guardian’s Crowdsourcing Success
The Guardian reports on its crowdsourcing success of sifting through hundreds of thousands of records involving MP expenses. In a matter of days, 20,000 people have examined about 160,000 documents.

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Episode 278: Ben Waldman on Gander Social and the Challenges of Building a Sovereign Social Network
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August 10, 2026
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