The 2012 presidential election is one of the most bitter partisan battles in our history. In a political and media environment that has divided the American electorate into a superficial “left” and “right,” the articles headlined on IVN are those that are meant to elevate the discussion to one that encourages a substantive look at the issues.
With over 1 billion users logging on across the world, moderating content on Facebook is no small task. What stays and what goes has been the center of a number of recent controversies, the most recent being outrage over the growing number of pages, images, and posts degrading women and trivializing domestic violence.
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania held primary elections where voters could choose either a Democrat or Republican candidate who would then proceed to the November ballot in the state’s municipal elections.
In the midst of partisan jockeying for a moral high ground surrounding the IRS debacle, neither side of the aisle, nor the media has gotten wind of the underlying issue. Each side has been busy formulating a narrative that serves their narrow, short-term interests.
Rep. Darrell Issa has made headlines this week, spearheading the investigations against those involved in the Benghazi incidence and “slamming” IRS inspector general J. Russell George. A lesser known project of the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, however, is the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), on which the committee quietly released a discussion draft earlier this month.
Last week, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) invited Professor Gabriel Lenz to discuss his study on the impact of the top-two primary system in California. As a result of focusing solely on the election of more moderate candidates, the study does not offer a clear understanding of the consequences of the top-two primary.
Following the California Supreme Court’s decision allowing cities to use zoning ordinances to ban medical marijuana dispensaries, several municipalities have become very vocal regarding the issue of medical cannabis.
On May 15, 2013, the consumer group Consumer Watchdog sent a letter to Attorney General Kamala Harris accusing Google of violating California’s Online Privacy Protection Act (“OPPA”). According to the group, the Google privacy policy is in violation of OPPA because Google does not directly link to it on its homepage.
