We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and human rights is really kind of up in the air.

The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.

We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and human rights is really kind of up in the air.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.

Each and every one of us has a vital part to play in building the kind of world in which government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around.

Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda.