K Street Cafe

Report: Facebook and the New Age of Privacy
(Fast Company)
A look into the evolution of Facebook privacy, from the F8 Conference in April to the present.

FourSquare and Seven Months From Now: Would Lincoln Be on LinkedIn? (The Huffington Post)
More politicians look toward the web for campaigning tools as midterm elections approach.

All Buzz is Good Buzz: Taking Online Rapid Response to the Next Level (e.politics)
Learn how to stay two steps ahead of other political campaigns by being on 24-hour alert to engage the web.

How the Gulf Coast Benefit is Using Social Media to Rally Support (Mashable)
See what social media tools Gulf Coast Benefit used to gain nationwide attention, garner donations & raise coast-to-coast awareness in less than a month.

How Much Should Candidates Court The Web?
(National Journal)
Recently, Newt Gingrich advised his party’s candidates to spend big on new media campaigns, suggesting they have as big a budget for new media as they do for radio and television.

Pennsylvania AG Drops Subpoena Against Twitter (techPresident)
Tom Corbett, Pennsylvania Attorney General, dropped a grand jury subpoena of Twitter seeking the identities of users who tweeted negatively about him.

The state of Maryland, the attorney general of Pennsylvania and a group of researchers are taking on political campaigns using social media platforms.

Maryland’s State Board of Elections is submitting a proposal on June 3 requiring candidates to include standard language on their Facebook pages and their associations with these campaigns. In addition, the proposal would require candidates to create a system of authenticated official Twitter accounts. If this proposal passes, regulation could begin as early as this year.
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