Declan McCullagh is an American

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, and software engineer. He is the CEO and co-founder, with computer scientist Celine Bursztein, of Recent Media Inc., a startup in

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that has built a recommendation engine and iOS and Android news app. Recent, which uses

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and

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for its recommendation engine, was released to early users in June 2015. He previously worked for

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, CNET,

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, and Time Inc. His articles about technology have been published in Reason, Playboy, the Wall Street Journal,

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(co-authored with computer scientist Peter G. Neumann), and the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy. Previously as a journalist he specialized in

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and

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. For many years, he moderated the Politech mailing list, giving commentary on the intersection of politics and technology. He is notable, among other things, for his early involvement with the

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interpretation of U.S. presidential candidate

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's statement that he "took the initiative in creating the

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". In addition to technology, McCullagh has written approvingly of free markets and individual liberty. He began writing weekly columns for

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entitled ''Other People's Money'' upon

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's acquisition of CNET Networks. In August 2009, McCullagh renamed his column to ''Taking Liberties'', which focuses on " individual rights and liberties, including both civil and

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liberties."

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''Taking Liberties''
columns by McCullagh ''(Discontinued)''
''Other People's Money''
columns by McCullagh ''(Discontinued)''

blog entries and podcast episodes by McCullagh ''(Discontinued)'' * {{DEFAULTSORT:McCullagh, Declan American aviators American bloggers American columnists American computer programmers American libertarians Case Western Reserve University faculty CNET American free speech activists Internet activists Living people Writers from San Francisco Time (magazine) people Wired (magazine) people 21st-century American non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people)