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Mozilla L10N Hackathon in Pune, India. Photo by Subhashish Panigrahi via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) Subhashish Panigrahi is the Asia Community Catalyzer for Mozilla Corporation, a volunteer Mozillian, and a Global Voices author and translator. Issues...

In a darkened seminar room at the University of Sussex, Lilian Edwards is telling her audience about Captain America 2. It is, she says, a must-see movie. It’s an odd claim for a Professor of Internet Law. It’s even odder that the audience, most of whom...

On Tuesday 23 June the Facebook Liberation Army, formed by the Institute of Network Cultures, Waag Society and the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam, organized the Facebook Farewell Party. Het Nationale Toneel (in the guise of Anniek Pheifer, Mark Rietman and...

The Washington Post calls it "terrifying." Dubbed "Yelp for people," Peeple is a new app that lets people rate their friends, professional contacts, and even romantic partners. And everyone is freaking out. But there's not actually much reason to be...

Legislation in the House that would end the warrantless searches of email records is gaining steam. Privacy advocates had grown frustrated in recent months as Senate legislation that would curtail the email powers of law enforcement was thrown off track...