Telcos Spent $10K Per Telecom Amnesty Vote, Sunshine Group Says

More from Wired today, don’t worry they didn’t tap your phone lines everything is ok. The Telecom companies just love Congress so much they wanted to tip them.

“Political action committees for telecoms being sued for privacy violations gave more than $10,000 on average to each Congress member who voted to give amnesty to telecoms being sued for illegally helping the government spy on Americans, according to an analysis done by MapLight.org, an organization devoted to using new technology to show the influence of money on government.”

— By Ryan Singel @ Wired Magazine

S.F. Activists Use Twitter, Pirate Radio to Manage Anti-War Protesters

Wired has a nice article on a group called called Direct Action to Stop the War, a San Francisco anti-war protesters, marking the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq are using the micro-blogging service Twitter to coordinate their movements throughout the day. Join the fight to stop the war by checking out their site and their Twitter feed.

My Twitter feed is here.

[Source: Wired Magazine Online]