Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 30, 2011

Organized by the nonprofit group Access and sponsored by Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Skype, Mozilla and other major tech companies, the conference brought together business leaders, policy makers and online activists, especially from the Arabic-speaking world. I reminded participants that free speech alone is not enough to secure human rights.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 26, 2020

In June, the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies’ 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report indicated that the nonprofit sector has faced sweeping layoffs—to the tune of 1.6 That network supports local leaders in improving education policy through advocacy. The policy goal post moves, and we want to move with it.

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Ars Technica

MARCH 24, 2025

A prominent journalist knew the US military would start bombing Houthi targets in Yemen two hours before it happened on March 15 because top Trump administration officials accidentally included the reporter on a Signal text chain in which they discussed the war plan. The world found out shortly before 2 p.m.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

military strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen. According to reports, The Atlantic s Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added to a Signal chat that included the presidents national security adviser and the secretary of defenseapparently because National Security Adviser Michael Waltz misidentified Goldberg (whose display name was simply J.G.)

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

The Trump administration accidentally texted an Atlantic journalist its plans to bomb Yemen last week. On Monday, The Atlantic 's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg reported that he had been inadvertently added to a Signal group chat with several apparent U.S. airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen took place on Saturday.

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Ars Technica

APRIL 7, 2025

As previously reported, National Security Advisor Michael Waltz last month invited The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg to a Signal chat in which top Trump administration officials discussed a plan for bombing Houthi targets in Yemen. The Guardian reported: Read full article Comments

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Ars Technica

APRIL 2, 2025

National Security Advisor Michael Waltz and a senior aide used personal Gmail accounts for government communications, according to a Washington Post report published yesterday.

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