Bowing to pressure, Beijing begins hourly smog data
Beijing on Thursday began publishing real-time air quality data on the Internet, bowing to a vocal online campaign for greater government transparency over pollution in China's capital.
Beijing on Thursday began publishing real-time air quality data on the Internet, bowing to a vocal online campaign for greater government transparency over pollution in China's capital.
Environment
Jan 12, 2012
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Scientists are calling for government transparency around the huge hidden carbon emissions of their armed forces.
Environment
Nov 9, 2021
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Public affairs experts say easy and constant access by citizens to important government information, referred to as government transparency, is vital for good governance as well as the perception by citizens that the government ...
Internet
Aug 3, 2015
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Macon Phillips understands the new media scene, one that combines politics and technology to talk directly to the people. Phillips works for President Barack Obama as the White House's new media director, a new job for an ...
Internet
Mar 5, 2009
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Twitter revealed on Wednesday that government demands for information about users rose in the first half of this year, with US authorities accounting for more than three-quarters of the requests.
Internet
Jul 31, 2013
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Greater transparency is needed to understand the influence of lobbyists when delivering crucial renewable energy schemes in the UK, new research has claimed.
Energy & Green Tech
May 29, 2019
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No matter how you slice the data, women in the U.S. earn a lot less than men.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2019
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Twitter is suing the FBI and the Department of Justice to be able to release more information about government surveillance of its users.
Internet
Oct 7, 2014
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In 2019, former UN Special Rapporteur Philip Alston said he was worried we were "stumbling zombie-like into a digital welfare dystopia." He had been researching how government agencies around the world were turning to automated ...
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2022
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Twitter said Monday it saw a 40 percent jump in government request for user data in late 2014, with sharp rises coming from both Turkey and Russia.
Internet
Feb 9, 2015
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