Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

For more than a decade, Nadine has worked at the intersection of policy and media in major markets including New York, Chicago and Washington, DC. We have had the benefit of incredibly generous pro bono legal assistance over our history, including our board members Gerry Davis and Rob Wexler.

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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. 5 policies Washington should enact to end the climate crisis and joblessness. Linda Moore. Contributor. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor. Bobby Franklin.

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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. The researchers say this lower literacy-higher receptivity link suggests that companies may benefit from shifting their marketing efforts and product development towards consumers with lower AI literacy.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

MARCH 31, 2021

Despite the need to address this gap, PhotoDNA and related tools are currently facing attacks from both tech sector policies (like expanded adoption of end-to-end encryption ) and government regulation (such as the European Union’s ePrivacy Directive ). Additional detection technologies must be developed and deployed.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 15, 2022

According to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study, 49% of individuals reported their top member benefit was their organization’s Code of Ethics. . How to leverage your organization’s code of ethics as a member benefit. Ask for your members’ perspectives to ensure the Code of Ethics is a relevant member benefit. .

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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. Startups will also be able to use an online portal to make business declarations and access benefits, per the release.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

If your organization has benefitted from generic Facebook Fundraisers or donations on your Facebook Page, you could be made an administrator of the organization’s Facebook page and thank those fundraisers and donors. If the organization does not have pro-bono legal support, you can approach law firms in your state for help.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

And on Monday, Facebook made one of the biggest policy reversals in its history, banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust. But the 2018 controversy still caught Facebook by surprise because the policy Zuckerberg cited was not a new one. The biggest trend at platforms this month is changing your mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 24, 2013

The session will focus on exploring how nonprofits are expanding their efforts to influence public policy through social channels and understanding the legal issues and how to evaluate the work. (I’ll The “ Influencing Public Policy in A Digital Age ” is their comprehensive guide.

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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

JUNE 19, 2020

Apple’s decision has put a spotlight on Apple’s confusing App Store policies, just as the European Commission announced a formal antitrust investigation into the App Store and Apple Pay. Microsoft hasn’t revealed exactly why xCloud is limited by App Store policies.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

This landmark federal law, known as the “Emancipation Proclamation for people with disabilities,” has been remarkably successful in protecting the rights of people with disabilities. The ADA and the special education laws have produced the best-educated population of people with disabilities in U.S. million to 6 million by 2015.

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2022

When it comes to remote employment, employees and employers both face a plethora of benefits and pitfalls. Virtual teams existed well before COVID-19, but over the last two years, employees turned not being able to go into an office into a benefit by moving out of their employer’s state. More posts by this contributor.

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Association Analytics

AUGUST 14, 2023

If your association caters to healthcare, law, finance, or other industries, start brainstorming about how your members can use AI to create content and make better decisions faster. That ChatBot holds all your association’s data so it can answer any question they have about their membership; benefits you offer members or upcoming events.

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The Verge

JANUARY 20, 2022

account, you have to accept the company’s biometric consent policy. The company collects facial and voice biometrics to verify identity and protect against fraudulent behavior and to “comply with a request from law enforcement or government entities where not prohibited by law.” And even if you delete your ID.me

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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.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 10, 2022

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.” A corporate attorney can help you set up a distributed work policy if your company doesn’t already have one. Sophie Alcorn. Contributor.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . • law (this is a wildcard issue right now). law today. •

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Nethope’s research identifies the benefits of using AI systems as well as many examples of how AI is deployed in the humanitarian sector.

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The Verge

JANUARY 20, 2021

Under EU competition law, companies are prohibited from contractually restricting cross-border sales”. Such practices deprive European consumers of the benefits of the EU Digital Single Market and of the opportunity to shop around for the most suitable offer in the EU.”. Five publishers were fined in total. million (around $ 3.5

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. After all, they’re proud of their creations and would love to see them benefit disadvantaged people and communities, where regular market forces would fail to go.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 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.” Immigration is a great benefit for attracting the best and the brightest team members from around the globe. Sophie Alcorn. Contributor.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 17, 2018

The tax law and jobs act (TCJA) presents many changes for nonprofits to consider in 2018. The Tax Policy Center projects that individual charitable giving will decrease by between 4 and 6.5 The Tax Policy Center projects that individual charitable giving will decrease by between 4 and 6.5 percent in 2018. percent in 2018.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

The Harvard Law School graduate didn’t have to start her company, which helps businesses measure the efficacy of their diversity and inclusion efforts using hard data, but she needed to start the company. For Price, the drive to launch Kanarys came from her own experiences working in law.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 13, 2022

Adam Mossoff is a patent law expert at George Mason University who has testified before Congress on the STRONGER Patent Act and a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. Simply put, Big Tech benefits from stealing IP. Simply put, Big Tech benefits from stealing IP. Adam Mossoff. Contributor. Share on Twitter. Adam Mossoff.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2023

The first official piece of policy around diversity efforts in venture capital may soon see the light of day, but not because of any action by the government. The program being challenged is racially exclusive, thus violating our nation’s civil rights laws. Fearless Fund did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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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.” DHS believes that “qualified entrepreneurs who would substantially benefit the United States by growing new businesses and creating jobs for U.S.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2021

And while Biden stopped short of an explicit endorsement of the fledgling Bessemer union, he was broadly enthusiastic about the benefits of collective bargaining. “I I made it clear during my campaign that my policy would be to support unions organizing and the right to collectively bargain,” Biden said in the statement.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

For example, consumers by law have access to credit reports used in making financial decisions about the consumer. We need to understand how potential changes in government policy and the law may impact us down the road … impact our ability to acquire and use data, impact our own data governance policies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Employee leave benefits are a complicated web of company and government policies, and Cocoon is out to bring clarity and simplicity to both the employer and employee experience. It factors in all company government and insurance benefits and manages all facets of the leave from compliance to claims management to payroll calculations.

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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

JANUARY 6, 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.” has a new president coming in whose policies are more welcoming to immigrants, I am considering coming to the U.S. Sophie Alcorn.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

From unjustified terminations to losing benefits with no warning, the employees inside the warehouse and the ones administering the leaves found themselves on the brink of burnout and sacrificing their lives to make up for countless HR issues related to paid and unpaid leave. million employees, according to The New York Time s.

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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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sgEngage

MARCH 18, 2025

Economic fluctuations, policy changes, climate events, and rapid advances in technology are just a few of the factors fundamentally reshaping how the nonprofit sector fulfills its mission. The foundation notes: Our board decided to spend 10% or more of our endowment double what the law requires and what most foundations typically spend.

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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

A thought leader in the intersection of philanthropy, law, policy, and technology, Bernholz writes about the business of giving in books, articles, and her award-winning blog, Philanthropy2173.com.

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