.@TheGuardian spoke with Brennan Center’s Harsha Panduranga about growing and poorly regulated online surveillance by the US govt: “January 6 seems to be accelerating this emphasis on social media monitoring without sufficient safeguards.” bit.ly/337KFYu

FILED: New #FOIA lawsuit seeking the Biden admin’s review of the use of social media handles in the visa vetting process. 1/x knightcolumbia.org/cases/knight-i…

SCOTUS has just decided to take a case out of NC that several conservative Justices seem to be eyeing to liberate rogue state legislatures to undermine fair elections and fair maps. Unpacking what this decision does —and what it might mean 👇 🧵Brennan Center

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene had $183,504 in PPP loans forgiven. x.com/Acyn/status/15…

For the past year, I've been researching Department of Defense-led security cooperation--and how it can lead to unauthorized hostilities. Today, my Brennan Center report on the subject goes live. /1 brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

The news that classified documents were found in Biden’s private office and home has triggered reactions that are generating a lot of noise but very little light. Here’s what I think the main takeaway from this situation *should* be. 1/17

DHS Intelligence & Analysis has a history of misusing its counterterrorism and social media surveillance authorities. Now it seems I&A struggles to properly conduct in-person interviews. We say it again: DHS must stop trampling on the Constitution. 1/ politico.com/news/2023/03/0…

This week Brennan Center testified before NY City Council about the NYPD Inspector General. In short, the IG office is in trouble. There is no permanent IG, staffing has dropped by more than half, and its report on the NYPD gang database has been pending for 4+ years.

Today Faiza Patel & I detail challenges the NYPD Inspector General faces in effectively overseeing the police: its reporting has waned, it lacks a permanent leader, the police have stonewalled investigations, & its influence & autonomy have declined. brennancenter.org/our-work/resea…

I am thrilled to introduce State Court Report, a new resource & commentary hub covering constitutional developments across the 50 states. State courts & constitutions are important sources of rights. Let's give them the attention they deserve. statecourtreport.org

Happy to share what I've been quietly working on with Harsha Panduranga over the last months. Realtime is an automated tool to help us track and understand public data as it changes over time. We're opening up the beta today for anyone to try out. x.com/RealtimeDotOrg…

I was lucky and got to play with early versions of Realtime - extremely fun and impactful project. So nice to quickly pull up data everyone knows and talks about but is super annoying to find and show.

We're continuing to expand the range of data available on Realtime. You may have noticed that the current selection is somewhat skewed toward financial data. This is in part because we think prices communicate useful information, but also because that field has long had the

In 1966 Stewart Brand asked "Why haven't we seen a photograph of the whole Earth yet?" These days I am wondering "Why haven't we seen the whole economy visualized yet?" We now have the tools so anyone with internet access could track up-to-the-minute statistics that underpin

"AI news that's fit to print" In his SXSW talk, Zach Seward discusses the good and bad of utilizing artificial intelligence and related technologies in journalism. There are great examples here, including a shout out to Realtime. Read it here: zachseward.com/ai-news-thats-…

let us know what you'd like to see on Realtime. if "more data," what'd be helpful?

One of our most requested features has been the ability to compare across the data featured on Realtime. Now it's possible. Try our new chart creator tool to visualize the correlations and differences between data

you can now compare data feeds over time on realtime.org. we're still testing the feature, so play around with it and let us know what you think.