politech:politics and technology

politech:politics and technology

Politech(http://www.politechbot.com) is the oldest Internet resource devoted to politics and technology. Launched in 1994, the Politech mailing list has chronicled the growing intersection of law, culture, technology, and politics. Since 2000, so has the Politech web site.

Declan McCullagh is editor of the Politech web site and mailing list.

McCullagh founded Politech in 1994, and since then it has grown into a venerable online community. For his day job, McCullagh is the chief political correspondent for CNET Networks’s News.com. He lives and works in Washington DC.

McCullagh’s articles have appeared in scores of publications including George magazine, The New Republic, the Wall Street Journal, Playboy magazine, Communications of the ACM, and the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. He has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered, ABC News’ Good Morning America, NBC Evening News, Court TV, and CNN. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio for the 2002-2003 and 2003-2004 school years. Previously McCullagh was the Washington bureau chief for Wired News, in addition to being a reporter at Time Inc. and HotWired.

McCullagh’s photos have appeared in scores of publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, Gear magazine, and Premiere magazine. They appear in the Getty Images archive. They have appeared on magazine covers, book covers (most recently “Smoothing The Rough Edges,” about life in Istanbul) and have been incorporated into television segments including programs created by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He has worked on assignment for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Politech web site is his own design.

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지난 달에는 스위스에서 세계 최초로 인터넷을 이용한 온라인 전자국민투표가 실시되었다. 세계 유일의 직접 민주주의 국가인 스위스는 매년 많은 횟수의 국민투표를 실시하고 있다. 스위스 정부는 전자방식의 투표가 기존의 낮은 투표율을 끌어올리는데 기여할 것이라 예측했다.

미국에서는 현재 논의되고 있는 전자 방식의 투표 및 개표 시스템이 해킹의 우려와 조작의 가능성 때문에 도마 위에 올라 있다.