Why Seattle Accidentally Sent This Activist the First 256 Characters of 32 Million Internal Emails

Why Seattle Accidentally Sent This Activist the First 256 Characters of 32 Million Internal Emails

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https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj49qa/why-seattle-accidentally-sent-this-activist-the-first-256-characters-of-32-million-internal-emails

For the last few years, a self-professed “FOIA-nerd” by the name of Matt Chapman has been using FOIA requests and data analysis to not only improve city government transparency—but improve the way cities function. Chapman founded the non-profit Free Our Info for teaching and advocating the release of digital records.

Chapman’s efforts are prodigious: he’s submitted over a hundred requests for email metadata across the United States—at least two per state.

Why Seattle Accidentally Sent This Activist the First 256 Characters of 32 Million Internal Emails

Oct 31, 2018, 3:39pm UTC
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bj49qa/why-seattle-accidentally-sent-this-activist-the-first-256-characters-of-32-million-internal-emails > For the last few years, a self-professed “FOIA-nerd” by the name of Matt Chapman has been using FOIA requests and data analysis to not only improve city government transparency—but improve the way cities function. Chapman founded the non-profit Free Our Info for teaching and advocating the release of digital records. > Chapman’s efforts are prodigious: he’s submitted over a hundred requests for email metadata across the United States—at least two per state.