The February LC Thread: The Immigrant Song - Page 42 - Politics and Economics

Two weeks ago, NRKbeta, the tech vertical of the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, published an explainer about a proposed new digital surveillance law in the country.

Digital security is a controversial topic, and the conversation around security issues can become heated. But the conversation in the comments of the article was respectful and productive: Commenters shared links to books and other research, asked clarifying questions, and offered constructive feedback.

The team at NRKbeta attributes the civil tenor of its comments to a feature it introduced last month. On some stories, potential commenters are now required to answer three basic multiple-choice questions about the article before they’re allowed to post a comment. (For instance, in the digital surveillance story: “What does DGF stand for?”)

http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/03/thi...re-commenting/

03-01-2017 , 12:12 PM

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lycosid

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SCOTUS rejects racial gerrymandering in Virginia. There's a similar NC case that I imagine this bodes well for.

http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files...-of-elections/