The Web's Growing Muscle

The Web's Growing Muscle

By AMY SCHATZ, GEOFFREY A. FOWLER and ERICA ORDEN

"Last year, though, Google spent $9.68 million on lobbying, up from $1.52 million four years earlier. Facebook, which had a one-man operation in Washington as recently as 2007, set a new lobbying record for itself, spending $1.35 million. "

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When I started this blog project way back in 2000 the question

of Internet Power into the 21st century was central to its thesis.

Would the web evolve to a potent tool of grassroots political activism?

Well last week with the SOPA protests online the Internet came of age.

Technopolitically speaking.

"On Streets and on Facebook, Homeless Stay Wired"

~~Digital Technology has now even become part of the homeless lifestyle. The internet is such a useful tool that it can actually ease the burden of social isolation that is part of being homeless.

Remember : Technological Advances are meant to improve the quality of all people's lives ; housed or houseless.~~ posted from Blackberry by technopolitical~~


"On Streets and on Facebook, Homeless Stay Wired"

http://foxnews.proteus.com

May 31, 2009
9:43 AM


Like most San Franciscans, Charles Pitts is wired. Mr. Pitts, who is 37 years old, has accounts on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter. He runs an Internet forum on Yahoo, reads news online and keeps in touch with friends via email. The tough part is managing this digital lifestyle from his residence under a highway bridge. "You don't need a TV. You don't need a radio. You don't even need a newspaper," says Mr. Pitts, an aspiring poet in a purple cap and yellow fleece jacket, who says he has been homeless for two years. "But you need the Internet.

http://foxnews.proteus.com/content.html?contentId=37858¤tPage=0

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The rise of government 2.0

~~ The White House on "Facebook, MySpace and Twitter". 

 Pretty cool actually , and maybe politically important.

 President Obama likes to

 circumvent the old guard media and go strait to the people. 

 It may help for a President-People axis of power , that will get Congess to move on issues like health care.  

Let us hope so !! 

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The rise of government 2.0

By Micah L. Sifry & Andrew Rasiej 

http://mobile.politico.com/story.cfm?id=22185&cat=ideas

 5/7/09 @ 4:32 AM EST

Last Friday, the White House made a splash online by announcing the launch of its official presence on Facebook, MySpace and Twitter, the popular social networking hubs. In doing so, President Barack Obama’s new media team demonstrated its understanding of one of the most basic facts of online culture and communications: You have to go where people are, instead of expecting them to come to you — no matter how big your brand. 

“Technology has profoundly impacted how — and where — we all consume information and communicate with one another,” the White House blog noted in a post titled “WhiteHouse 2.0.” It added, “WhiteHouse.gov is an important part of the administration’s effort to use the Internet to reach the public quickly and effectively — but it isn’t the only place.”