TechSpot

APRIL 16, 2024

According to a new report by Nikkei Asia, Japanese authorities are poised to toughen their antitrust regulations, posing a significant challenge to incumbents in the mobile market. The publication revealed that penalties aimed at curbing monopolistic practices will see a substantial increase, with fines more than tripled compared to current.

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The Verge

MAY 13, 2020

Amazon has requested that Congress pass a law that would make price gouging illegal during times of national crisis, in light of inflated prices on crucial goods like hand sanitizer and N95 masks that have hounded the online retailer during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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TechSpot

MAY 14, 2023

Fusus is designed to provide law enforcement organizations (LEO) and other public safety institutions access to accurate, relevant information via a cloud-based network of authorized video monitoring assets.

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The Verge

JULY 6, 2020

Google, Facebook, and Twitter are pausing the processing of data requests from the Hong Kong government as they review a new security law that went into effect on July 1st. Google put its pause into place as soon as the law took effect last Wednesday. “[W]hen

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Candid

JULY 23, 2021

Engaging with local community leaders and residents early and often is key to implementing public health and racial justice approaches to preventing gun violence successfully, a report from the Annie E. Improving Community Safety Through Public Health Strategies: Lessons From Atlanta And Milwaukee." Annie E. Casey Foundation finds.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help the organization get authorized for receiving donations on Facebook. Certified public accountants (CPAs) and financial advisors have many wealthy clients. This can include large Fortune 500 companies or even local law firms, smaller companies, business-to-business suppliers, or retailers. Canvas door-to-door.

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The Verge

JUNE 5, 2021

The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a controversial anti-hacking law which bans “exceeding authorized access” on a computer system, was narrowed by the Supreme Court on Thursday in a 6-3 ruling. I think it’s a really substantial deal,” Cornell University Law School professor James Grimmelmann tells The Verge. “It

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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The NonProfit Times

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Most of the arguments to relieve data firms of litigation under Daniels Law in New Jersey were rejected by a Pennsylvania federal judge who was sitting in United States District Court for the District of New Jersey because all of the judges on that circuit recused themselves from the cases.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 19, 2021

It will also require regulation with teeth to keep Big Tech accountable to the public interest. There I was, being virtually groped in a snowy fortress with my brother-in-law and husband watching. About the Author. Emboldened, he even shoved his hand toward my virtual crotch and began rubbing. Get the idea?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2021

However, these startups have been operating in an unregulated environment — until today, when the country’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, approved a new law that gives the country’s monetary authority, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), the power to regulate the industry and take action on those that violate consumer privacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

A copyright exception allows specialist organizations (generally a government agency or disability NGO or library) to make an accessible version of a published book without having to get permission from the author or publisher. I was honored to be part of a WBU-convened expert team that authored the original draft of the treaty.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Businesses that fall under Title I, those that operate 20 or more weeks per year with at least 15 full-time employees, or Title III, those that fall under the category of “public accommodation,” are covered by the ADA. But the law’s authors never saw the internet coming. Dunkin Donuts. Domino’s Pizza. CVS Pharmacy.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The subject application is against the public interest. The application is against the public interest. It is not in the public interest to have one for profit company attempt to gain a monopoly over a single generic term in common use. Social enterprise is descriptive.

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The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In the absence of a tax exemption for charitable hospitals, certain organizations could continue to be exempted for other reasons, according to the report’s authors. Some hospitals might be exempt due to their educational or religious nature, rather than their charitable nature.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 30, 2005

Tim O'Reilly (who has been hugely helpful to us and especially Bookshare.org) published an op-ed in the New York Times about the Authors Guild suing Google's Library project. AUTHORS struggle, mostly in vain, against their fated obscurity. million unique titles sold in 2004 had sales of more than 5,000 copies.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Commissioner Daniel Therrien said what Clearview does — scraping photos from social media and other public sites for use by law enforcement — is “illegal” and creates a system that “inflicts broad-based harm on all members of society, who find themselves continually in a police lineup.”.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2021

Ring is adjusting how public agencies such as police and fire departments are able to request video clips from Ring camera owners in its Neighbors app. Ring says it limits video clips requests to “verified public safety agencies” and has a set of guidelines that agencies must abide by in order to be able to request footage.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In it, the company detailed a plan to reorganize its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation (PBC). What is a public benefit corporation? Critically, B Corp status isn't a designation with the weight of law, or even an industry-wide group, behind it it's a stamp of approval from this specific nonprofit.

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Everyaction

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

DACA paved the way for these children of immigrants to obtain work authorization and relief from deportation, enabling them to go on to universities and build careers and families. They hold the government accountable for unjust immigration laws and educate the American public on the longstanding importance of immigrants in the US.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Authorities in Oregon warned Saturday they were preparing for a “mass fatality incident” as the fires that have killed at least 28 people since August and burned nearly 5 million acres along the west coast of the US left many people still unaccounted for. He did not indicate how many posts or accounts would be affected.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

The legal framework for Bookshare is the Section 121 copyright exception in federal copyright law: all Bookshare users must have a disability that qualifies under that section. states have designated Bookshare as an authorized user for those states, and so Bookshare can simply take care of all such requests from K-12 staff in those states.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 18, 2020

According to the complaint , Jin was a liaison between Zoom and Chinese law enforcement and intelligence services. Chinese authorities subsequently detained potential participants inside China and in at least one case, it threatened the family of a participant living abroad.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

If we and the publishing industry succeed in this, then libraries like Bookshare will gradually move to filling the same kind of secondary role that public libraries fulfill for the general public: access to books for those too poor to purchase them, or for those who need to do research and don''t care to purchase every book they consult.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

They developed programming that offered results based on the number of pages of the site and also the number of backlinks to the site, which meant it was an authority in its subject. . The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . The new system was initially called BackRub because of the backlinking.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A felony streaming bill, authored by Sen. But according to a press release from Tillis’ office and statements made by tech advocacy groups like Public Knowledge, streamers and their fans have no cause for alarm. “As On its fourth page, the bill outlines what would qualify as felony behavior under the law.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 8, 2019

According to law firm Seyfarth Shaw, its researchers counted a whopping 5,592 ADA Title III lawsuit filings within the first six months of 2019! Put simply, Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits commercial facilities, restaurants, and other public businesses from “discriminating” against people with disabilities.

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Tableau

DECEMBER 23, 2020

Team Tableau Public. Despite it all, one thing remained steadfast: the Tableau Public global community of data enthusiasts’ commitment to bringing impactful (and often mindblowing) data insights to life. Each day, the Tableau Public team selects and features a “Viz of the Day” (VOTD) based on a variety of criteria.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

As part of the prank, the two brothers falsely presented themselves as criminals to an Uber driver and other random bystanders, who they then implored to give them clothes, rides, and other forms of assistance in a way that South California authorities say broke the law. These were not pranks.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Federal authorities have accused a Minnesota man with trying to extort $150,000 from Major League Baseball after hacking into its computer system. The law enforcement agencies said in a news release that between 2017 through August of 2021, Streit operated a website where he illegally streamed the sports leagues’ live games for profit.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The FTC will be vigilant in its data security and privacy enforcement and will seek to vigorously protect the public from these dangers.”. While this action was worthwhile, I am concerned that the FTC will be unable to meaningfully crack down on the underworld of stalking apps using our civil enforcement authorities,” Chopra wrote. “I

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TechNode

MAY 29, 2024

On Tuesday, the Internet Society of China issued draft regulations entitled Requirements for Managing Minor Online Game Service Consumption for public consultation.

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The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

Apple Stores and authorized service providers will no longer repair iPhones that have been reported as missing through the GSMA device registry , according to an internal memo obtained by MacRumors. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Apple’s new policy builds on its existing rules.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2021

“Full and honest disclosure remains the cornerstone of our securities laws”. Full and honest disclosure remains the cornerstone of our securities laws – no matter what technologies are used to offer and sell those securities,” Gurbir S. An amendment authored by Sens. Another amendment from Sen.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

A law meant to protect Indigenous art might just be lip service The first embroidery stitch María Méndez Rodríguez learned at the age of 7 was the chain stitch. Whether the law actually works is another question. It’s not clear, however, who in the community can give this authorization. Illustration by Claudia Chinyere Akole.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 18, 2023

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.” and has the proper authorization for any required international travel. Sophie Alcorn. Contributor. Share on Twitter. First, buy time.

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The Verge

JANUARY 11, 2022

Intel issued apologies to its Chinese partners and the Chinese public last December after it noted in a routine letter to suppliers that it would not use “labor or source goods or services from the Xinjiang region.” Intel’s letter to suppliers, though, went viral in China, and caused a huge public backlash against the company.

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