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When a young Moroccan computer engineer created a fake Facebook profile
for the Crown Prince of Morocco, the result was jail, torture and a very
uncertain future.

His web-driven, self-starting activism could be the key to getting his message out--and bringing young voters to the polls on Super Tuesday.

Striking members of the Writers Guild of America are bringing the labor movement something it hasn't had for a long time: an audience.

As the old concept of privacy fades and a new one arises online, what is being lost?

Stop corporate robots from taking over the Web. Freespeech.org explains how relentless marketing and data-mining puts your privacy in peril.

Putting blogs, cellphones and text messages to work, Pakistani students around the world are rallying against Musharraf's martial law.

As the strike continues, Writers Guild members have turned the Internet into an organizing tool.

A web-savvy form of conservative propaganda, written anonymously and forwarded via e-mail, is altering the political landscape.

How do presidential candidates propose to protect our privacy?

Google's bid to acquire DoubleClick will make it the most powerful player in interactive marketing on the planet. But it poses threats to our privacy, politics and democratic aspirations for the Internet.

Blogs

 The Twitter spotlight on Morning Joe.

March 3, 2010

One transparency group wants you to know how much every politicians at the health care summit accepted from health care and industry donors.

February 25, 2010

A new Google map of national student activism harnesses the power of the web in hopes of connecting youth from coast to coast.

December 1, 2009

A new site lets you rate teachers, review textbooks and "raise awareness about America’s slide to communism."

October 21, 2009

A roster of terrific journalists will be on hand on July 9 in DC.

May 26, 2009
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