Monthly Archives: August 2014

Updates: Crowd Sourcing the FCC Open Internet Data

 Posted on August 11, 2014 by Stuart Shulman

Texifter will post periodic updates here on the efforts to use DiscoverText to crowd source code some of the #NetNuetrality public comment received by the FCC in response to the Open Internet rulemaking effort. Everyone is invited to join in. … Continue reading →

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Texifter Social Data and Tools: July Prize Winners

 Posted on August 9, 2014 by Stuart Shulman

As a part of getting new users to test our sifter beta, every month this summer we are awarding 12 #datagrants to academics. All you need to do to be included in the August drawing is submit a valid historical Twitter estimate request using … Continue reading →

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Update #1: Sorting the FCC’s Open Internet Public Comments

 Posted on August 7, 2014 by Stuart Shulman

This is the first update on Texifter’s effort to support the crowd source review of the FCC’s Open Internet (a.k.a. “Net Neutrality”) public comments. Help review and report on what the public has said about the future of the Internet. … Continue reading →

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Open Data on Net Neutrality: Help Crowd Source Analysis of Comments to the FCC

 Posted on August 6, 2014 by Stuart Shulman

Yesterday the FCC released the public comments on Net Neutrality. The FCC has asked the public to help make “visualizations” to help surface substantive comments and key themes. Quoting the FCC: “We recognize that not everyone may have the requisite technical … Continue reading →

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