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<ipsin>: Thanks for your kind words! I've felt the urge to restart/resume the Politech mailing list a few times in the last few years but haven't been able to d
by declan 12y ago
<ipsin>: Thanks for your kind words! I've felt the urge to restart/resume the Politech mailing list a few times in the last few years but haven't been able to dedicate the time such an effort deserves. Also it works better if moderated by a practicing journalist, I think.
The short answer is I don't think there is such a source. EFF has good action alerts and blog posts (even if I may occasionally disagree with some of their legislative endorsements). EPIC and the ACLU are often more DC-centric, and Marc (who runs EPIC) is essentially an anti-cypherpunk in his views about the private sector.
Among advocacy groups, TechFreedom.org is a relatively new entrant with free-market, liberalize-crypto views. But Berin, who runs it, is a lawyer, not a technologist, and is spending a lot of time on topics like Net neutrality and telecom regulation nowadays.
If anyone is thinking of starting such a source of information with a cypherpunk-ish/politech-like focus on DC policy, I'd be happy to offer some advice, tips, and introductions.