The Verge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

NetChoice and the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) have sued to stop Texas from enforcing HB 20, a new law barring large social media companies from banning users or removing content based on the “viewpoint” of the user. It argues that as a whole, the law infringes on web services’ right to free expression.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Spain’s government has agreed on the details of a draft startup law — passing the baton to the parliament to debate and potentially amend the plan ahead of a vote to turn it into actual law. Although it remains to be seen how the parliament may amend specific details.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Linda Moore is the president and CEO of TechNet , a bipartisan policy and political network. The New Technology Policy Battlegrounds Are Getting Closer To Home. Bobby Franklin is the president and CEO of the National Venture Capital Association. 5 policies Washington should enact to end the climate crisis and joblessness.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

California recently passed a law requiring AI literacy to be incorporated into K-12 curricula starting this fall. And the European Unions AI Act, which went into effect on February 5, requires organizations that use AI in their products to implement AI literacy programs.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Aaron has spent seven years as the Privacy Fellow for the Washington DC policy institute Liberty Coalition. As an attorney he specializes in internet, technology, privacy, and corporate law and has consulted organizations on legal requirements, risk identification, risk management, and developing a corporate culture of privacy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

CalNonprofits anticipates more state and federal policy efforts to emerge as this industry and these practices mature and has released this Open Letter to Crowdfunding Platforms. The California Association of Nonprofits is seeking feedback from the broader nonprofit community about these proposed guidelines. … Read More

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JUNE 25, 2023

Your audit might explore any, or all of, these seven areas: Technology systems Policies and procedures Security Productivity Communication Culture Professional development How you present this initiative to your employees is critical. At that time, Stuart was CEO of the National Barbecue & Grilling Association.

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sgEngage

APRIL 1, 2025

Just as we finally got our footing from a global pandemic and spinning up programs to support communities dealing with extreme weather events, now federal policy shifts have grantmakers and grantees alike scrambling. Outside of increasing how much you give, also look for changes you can make to your current grant programs.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

I have previously written about the top issues addressed by the Treaty , but to recap, the Treaty is a wonderful instrument because it requires exceptions for people who are blind or have other print disabilities in national copyright laws. We hope that many other countries will follow India’s ratification. HathiTrust.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

On the regulation point, Spain’s first startup law — which was adopted in draft and presented to parliament in December — has been well received by the local tech community. EsTech seems likely to press that line of argument — although at the time of writing it was still preparing its policy plan.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

GitHub has reinstated an open-source tool for downloading YouTube videos, and it’s changed its policies to make similar copyright-related takedowns less likely. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) demanded that GitHub remove YouTube-dl in late October. “We We still must work within the boundaries of the law.”.

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The Verge

JULY 29, 2020

Amazon has a policy barring the practice, but lawmakers like Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) focused in on the company’s enforcement of that policy. I can’t guarantee you that that policy has never been violated.”. The collection of aggregate data is allowed under Amazon’s policies, just not specific seller data.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Airbnb is suing the City of New Orleans for requiring the company and short-term rental platforms ensure properties they market are in compliance with city laws. A federal court struck down a 2019 New Orleans policy barring short-term rentals at properties owned by out-of-state residents.

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The Verge

JANUARY 17, 2021

The news comes after the company hired an independent law firm to investigate the termination, and found that “significant mistakes were made.” He posted the message on January 6th, the day of the insurrection in Washington DC, as rioters associated with neo-Nazi organizations stormed the Capitol.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2022

The summary from the board looks at and discusses El Salvador’s economic policies as a whole, but the country’s 2021 adoption of Bitcoin as a legal tender got a lot of attention. Some board members “also expressed concern over the risks associated with issuing Bitcoin-backed bonds,” according to the IMF.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The machine was shown off for the first time at the Association of the United States Army’s 2021 annual conference earlier this week. Boston Dynamics, the best-known manufacturer of quadrupedal robots and makers of Spot, has a strict policy agains weaponizing its machines. Image: Sword International.

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The Verge

AUGUST 21, 2020

Apple has responded to Epic Games’ antitrust lawsuit over its iOS App Store policies. When Apple declined, Epic changed its policies to cut Apple out of in-app purchases. Epic sued Apple last week in a rapidly escalating fight over mobile app store policies. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Apple refused.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 5, 2021

The company’s patent application details its use of a “web crawler” to acquire images, even noting that “online photos associated with a person’s account may help to create additional records of facial recognition data points,” which its machine learning algorithm can then use to find and identify matches.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2020

The claimant was listed as the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and the infringing material was mostly recorded clips of old live broadcasts. As an internet platform, Twitch has to abide by these takedowns under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) because it’s the law that governs copyright online.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. A professional with expertise in assessing disabilities needs to certify each Bookshare member as meeting these qualifications (the copyright law in the U.S. through the Association of American Publishers (AAP).

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JULY 15, 2022

When was the last time you reviewed your association’s Code of Ethics? According to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study, 49% of individuals reported their top member benefit was their organization’s Code of Ethics. . Within the association, the Code of Ethics has the power to drive retention.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

grocer Kroger said on Monday CEO Rodney McMullen has resigned after a board investigation found that his personal conduct was “inconsistent” with certain company policies. The conduct is not related to financial performance, operations or reporting, and it did not involve any Kroger associates, the company said.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Instagram’s hate speech policy bans attacks on people based on protected characteristics, including race or religion, as well as “more implicit forms of hate speech,” like content depicting blackface and anti-Semitic tropes. Instagram says it also cooperates with law enforcement when necessary to assist in hate speech cases.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

While managing third-party cyber risk is essential to maintaining customer trust, it’s also increasingly important for organizations looking to purchase cyber insurance policies. Add the various state and federal data laws and costs associated with remediation, and it becomes clear why every organization could benefit from cyber insurance.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

Julie Goldsmith Reiser is the co-chair of the Securities Litigation & Investor Protection group at national plaintiffs’ law firm Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll. Louise Renne is a founding partner of Renne Public Law Group and leads the firm’s public interest litigation. Louise Renne. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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The Verge

APRIL 9, 2021

Google says it has blocked several terms associated with hate speech from being used as ad keywords on YouTube videos. Our teams have addressed the issue and blocked terms that violate our enforcement policies. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. We will continue to be vigilant in this regard.”. “We

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The Verge

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The company has a bit of a PR problem, in that its wares are so closely associated with robot quadrupeds, that when some totally unrelated company straps a gun onto a totally unrelated four-legged robot , people on social media still shout that “those sickos at Boston Dynamics have got to go!”.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Shane Phillips, housing initiative project manager at the UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies, expects prices to increase significantly for months, if not a few years. ” Janie Har and Damian Dovarganes, Associated Press Already, more than half of all renter householdsor a little over one million householdsin L.A.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 15, 2021

Small startups might not think the world’s strictest data privacy laws — the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — apply to them, but it’s important to enact best data management practices before a legal situation arises. For example, Vodafone Spain was recently fined $9.72

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” The National Venture Capital Association is “thrilled” at the news, and so am I! Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Establish support.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Algorithmic Bias: Better Policy and Practice for Civil Society: This podcast about #datadiscrimination and algorithmic bias was hosted by Digital Impact, an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). More on the new law here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Together, these facts should be helpful for educational institutions and their legal counsel in permitting institutions to avail themselves of the services funded by the Department of Education, and to be comfortable with the legality of those services under copyright law.

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Whole Whale

APRIL 10, 2023

Podcast Title Description A Sustainable Mind A Sustainable Mind by Environmental Activist Marjorie Alexander interviews change-makers in Sustainability | Ecology | Food Waste | Intentional and Resilient Community | Conservation Cause Talk Radio: The Cause Marketing Podcast Cause Talk Radio: The Cause Marketing Podcast by Rash Pixel Center Stage Center (..)

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

For this reason the slate of policy measures Sanchez’s government has distilled as necessary to support and grow the ecosystem — following a long period of consultation with private and public stakeholders — pays close attention to social impact. billion for the main measures that we want to start setting up.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

Facebook has removed a network of anti-government accounts associated with the fringe “ boogaloo ” movement after designating the group as a dangerous organization, the company said. It is actively promoting violence against civilians, law enforcement and government officials and institutions.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2022

Law enforcement agencies in the country are also taking some efforts to raise awareness. Hyderabad cybercrime police officer KVM Prasad told TechCrunch that since January, the state’s law enforcement agency has registered 134 cases and made 10 arrests related to loan apps. Image Credits: TechCrunch/Bryce Durbin.

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