Author Archive
Emma Green
Cybersecurity
NSA Connection Creates Credibility Problems for NIST Encryption Standards
New Commerce secretary discusses need to 'restore trust.'
- By Emma Green, The Atlantic
Digital Government
The 'Silent Majority' Overlooked by Big Data
From NYC Foursquare data, you'd think everyone lives in Midtown, no one in the outer boroughs.
- By Emma Green, CityLab
Digital Government
Why Cutting Science Funding Would 'Break' Cancer Research
Author Siddhartha Mukherjee and others call the budget situation in Washington 'depressing.'
- By Emma Green, The Atlantic
Digital Government
Mapping the 'Geography' of the Internet
The Internet isn't a place where everyone shouts at each other. It's a collection of lots of small places where people are chatting among themselves.
- By Emma Green, CityLab
Digital Government
Can Twitter Chatter Get Obamacare Defunded?
Here’s why social media isn’t a good way to force action on Capitol Hill.
- By Emma Green, The Wire
Digital Government
Ex-Government Official: The Private Sector Is Threatening Your Privacy
Are data-mining companies and social-media platforms scarier than the government?
- By Emma Green, The Atlantic