Obama Releases Tax Returns Online, But Conservative Watchdog Group Says He's Not Mr. Transparency, Sarah Lai Stirland, Wired.

But Judicial Watch, a government transparency and litigation group that's received significant amounts of funding from conservatives, has questioned the Illinois senator's own willingness to pull back the curtain on his own records.

"It appears that Obama never kept records of his time in the Illinois state legislature, or he discarded them," wrote Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton in a recent newsletter. "Either way, he clearly intended to leave no paper trail."

Fitton said that his group has been seeking Obama's records from his time as state senator between 1996 and 2004, but so far it's come up empty.

YouTube Feature Tells Video Creators When and Where a Clip Is Being Watched, Stephanie Clifford, NY Times.

In a move to provide better data to its users, YouTube formally announced late Wednesday that it had added a free feature that will show video creators when and where viewers are watching their videos. With this, the company hopes to turn YouTube from an online video site into a place where marketers can test their messages, Tracy Chan, YouTube product manager, said.

This program, called YouTube Insight, provides a detailed view of a video’s popularity, both over time and geographically, broken down by state. (Internationally, YouTube Insight is not as insightful, providing only popularity by country.)

Facebook Tutorials: Customizing Your Privacy Experience Using the New Friend List Privacy Feature, Teresa Valdez Klein, WebCommunityForum.

Short tutorial video explaining how to use Facebook's new privacy tools, worth watching.