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Appeals Court Rules Funding Process A Contract, Not A Grant

The NonProfit Times

In granting standing, Circuit Judge Kevin Newsom, part of a two-judge majority held “Although Fearless will presumably need to change its contest rules to bring itself into compliance with § 1981, that burden pales in comparison to the interest in rooting out race discrimination in all its forms.

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iLaw: Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I was particularly eager to hear the afternoon lecture , Cyber Strategy for a Developing Nation , by Charles Nesson at iLaw. Taking that process from individual level and extrapolating to national level." But what if they went to wikipedia and made a critical comparison? Photos of the slides.

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As Yahoo leaves China, an accelerating stream of exits

TechCrunch

But the fact that it’s closing the curtains this month points at a blatant culprit: the Personal Information Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China (PIPL) , which came into effect on November 1.

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Today’s real story: The Facebook monopoly

TechCrunch

Mark Zuckerberg appeared on national TV today to make a “special announcement.” Value in social networks is calculated, depending on whom you ask, algorithmically (Metcalfe’s law) or logarithmically (Zipf’s law). Facebook, by comparison, announced just weeks ago a paltry $1 billion program over a year and change.

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Upturn In Trust For Nonprofits, Softness In The Numbers

The NonProfit Times

And perhaps underscoring the divides in the nation, new data shows that when asked if they trust people in their communities to “do what is right,” just 36% had high trust in their neighbors, down 13 points from 2023. Just two of the 16 silos tested were in positive numbers.

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Y Combinator’s new batch features its largest group of Indian startups

TechCrunch

Y Combinator’s latest batch — W21 — features 350 startups from 41 nations. For comparison, the W20 batch had 25 Indian startups, up from 14 in S20, 12 each in S19 and W19 and one each in W16, S15, and W15.). “YC The startup says recent laws such as GDPR and CPRA have helped drive adoption of SigNoz.

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International Organizations and Social Media: News, Engagement, and Social Data for Policy Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It includes international trade and development, security, micro-finance, LBGT rights, renewable energy advocacy, water policy, security, human rights for indigenous people, terrorism financing, refugee protection policies and rights, law enforcement, trafficking, peace in conflict areas, and poverty reduction.