Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Craig is a summer associate exploring new applications for Miradi, Benetech’s user-friendly conservation project planning and monitoring software. She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2021

These estimates are actually fairly conservative , since deaths in driveways, parking lots, or private roads are excluded. The number of pedestrian deaths in 2020 — 6,205 — was flat compared to 2019, which is still alarming, given that year was among the deadliest for pedestrians in 30 years.

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JULY 23, 2012

She holds an LLM in Human Rights Law from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and a BA in International Affairs and Political Science from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Elise Ledsinger -- Online Outreach Coordinator, Humane Society International.

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TechCrunch

MAY 28, 2021

Scottish investors are said to be “pretty conservative and risk-adverse” with some notable exceptions. We’re pretty weak in law tech, Valla’s area. As a rule, Scottish investors are pretty conservative and risk-averse. Conservative angels and a few tech seed VCs. Andrew Noble , partner, Par Equity.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

He was recognized in Forbes magazine’s “30 under 30” for law and policy and as a Rising Star by Federal Computer Week. from Villanova University, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and an MS from the Stanford Graduate School of Business as a Sloan Fellow.‍ ‍Jay earned a B.A.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 23, 2005

My introduction to the nonprofit technology space occurred during my first year of law school in Oregon (1995). I formed Community Networking Technologies (CNT) with another law student (Rachel Ogdie, now my wife Yeh!) I also met Rob Stuart early on as an organizer of the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference in Eugene.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 22, 2015

Conservation mapping and 3D imaging. They are perfect for wildlife conservation, search and rescue, and understanding what is needed in disaster relief. In Africa, conservation drones are being used to locate rhinoceros poachers. law enforcement agencies have been expanding their use of surveillance drones. Image 3 : U.S.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Learn more about how the humanitarian, conservation, and development community are using technology to power their purpose. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. As of October 4, COVAX has shipped more than 323.2 million doses to 144 participating countries. She has a J.D. from Wellesley College. Dr. Bruce Aylward. Originally from St.

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The NonProfit Times

MAY 31, 2024

Once I hit university and then started working, I could see how technology was developing fast and going to impact so many sectors in so many ways. I confess a career in law never really lit me up like the work I do today. Both can help refresh the mind. Were you a tech person in your personal life prior to joining Microsoft?

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 10, 2021

” And Lynn Grant, a great fundraiser working with Nature Conservancy in Canada, was going into a corporate office a number of years ago, they were going to ask for a quarter of a million dollars. David Dunlop, who many of you will know as from Cornell University, spent his life there, took 13 years to get a $100 million-plus gift.

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Keep in mind the following points from speakers Brooke Hansel of Blackbaud, Merrie Beth Nauman of Ocean Conservancy, and Lisa Tacker of Two Ten Footwear Foundation: . The program relies on multiple partners including the city of Boston, Boston University, local nonprofits, EVERFI , Boston’s Center for Teen Empowerment , and others.

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Non Profit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

If you were the president of the womens chess club at your university, that should count extra for you, right? Were already locked into some pretty rough years for the human family because of climate change, and what we need to do is conserve all of the ability we have to manage those climate stresses and keep human civilization together.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 2, 2024

1] These suits were brought by the (ironically named) Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) against Harvard University and the University of North Carolina, and they capitalized on a line of prior cases that had already begun to erode the practice. Recommendation 2: Support advocacy efforts.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 30, 2025

Law school applications typically spike in times of financial and labor market distress, but a significant recent surge may be more driven by other factors. According to the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC)which, among other things, administers the law school admissions test (LSAT)application volume for the 2025 school year is up 20.5%

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Ars Technica

MARCH 26, 2025

Around two weeks later, Do No Harm also sued the University of Pennsylvania for its partnership with a database called the Black Doctors Directory , which allows patients to find Black physicians. In August, a conservative activist group sued the Department of Education over the Ronald E. Read full article Comments

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

RCRA is the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, which regulates hazardous waste. In a November interview, Henry said the landfill was meeting its deadlines under the RCRA order but was not yet in compliance with its permit under the hazardous-waste law. Conservative yard signs are displayed on a small farm in Yukon, Pa.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 24, 2025

Both Democrats and Republicans should be wary of getting rid of Section 230, warns Anupam Chander, a law professor at Georgetown University. He notes that the law protects a range of actions that each party valueseven if it also enables behavior they oppose. Yet conservatives, too, benefit from the law’s broad protections.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 7, 2025

This sentiment was nearly universal across the finance sector, with 95% of leaders expressing those concernsin line with reports that Wall Street firms have pared back their DEI initiatives over the last year.

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M+R

AUGUST 25, 2021

Anecdotally, we know that many of the biggest issues garnering attention this year—from efforts to enact restrictive and discriminatory voting laws in states, to the push to advance HR 1 through Congress, to the ongoing coverage of critical race theory—all involve white supremacy. We pulled articles from a universe of 100 outlets.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

[Photo: Scott Goldsmith/Inside Climate News] The Max Environmental Technologies landfill has been out of compliance with requirements set under the Clean Water Act for most of the past three years and with the federal hazardous waste law, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, known as RCRA for short, since July 2023.

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The Verge

MAY 24, 2021

The law bars social media platforms from banning Floridian political candidates and authorizes the Florida Election Commission to impose fines if these candidates were to be deplatformed. This will lead to more speech, not less speech,” DeSantis said during a press conference at the Florida International University in Miami Monday.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Now, a deal with TikTok could mean it needs the law, too. A conservative group is paying teenagers to pump out messaging in support of President Trump on Facebook and Twitter. The hacking targets include social media and video game companies as well as universities and telecom providers. (Amir Efrati / The Information ).

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Global Giving

OCTOBER 8, 2020

A brief flurry of social media activity followed, with some offering the view that repealing this law would likely have the effect of turning social media giants into political censors. The history and importance of the law has been described elsewhere; Casey Newton of Platformer and formerly of the Verge did a particularly great job.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Why does Twitter leave phony pictures like this up, but take down Republican/Conservative pictures and statements that are true?” One is that there are genuine, good-faith reasons to call for Section 230 reform, even though they’re often drowned out by bad tweets that misunderstand the law. the president wanted to know.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 21, 2025

But in January, conservative strategist Christopher Rufo flagged the program known as The PhD Project in social media posts that caught the attention of Republican politicians. Education Department last week said it was investigating dozens of universities for alleged racial discrimination , citing ties to the nonprofit organization.

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Mashable Tech

MARCH 25, 2025

Age-verification laws have popped up across the United States in the past few years, especially in the South. In January, the Supreme Court heard a case about the constitutionality of age-verification laws, and its decision will likely come down this summer. That case, Free Speech Coalition v. it may not feel the need to comply.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

million to nonprofits and universities using artificial intelligence and data analytics to better understand the coronavirus crisis, and its impact on vulnerable communities. Nathan Simington is known for supporting Republicans’ “bias against conservatives” schtick, and helped to craft a recent executive order about social media.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

(In keeping with Republican tradition, there will also be bad-faith questions about conservative bias.). Big tech companies including Google , Amazon and Qualcomm are bankrolling The Global Antitrust Institute at George Mason University, which teaches a hands-off approach to antitrust law. Mark Gurman / Bloomberg). Governing. ?

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The Verge

MAY 29, 2020

That’s the irony of all this,” said Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford University law professor who studies technology and democracy. That has led an increasing number of conservatives to sue social networks alleging infringements on their rights. And even if you could, all the usual concerns about changing 230 still apply.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2020

antitrust law,” Yale University economics professor Fiona Scott Morton, the chief economist in the Justice Department’s antitrust division from 2011-2012, wrote in a new academic paper entitled “Roadmap for a Digital Advertising Monopolization Case Against Google.”. Here’s how Congress is shaping data privacy laws during the pandemic.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

Four years later, the local school board reinstated the original Confederate names after conservatives took control of the board. The names were changed to Fort Liberty and Fort Moore in 2023 after Congress passed a law banning the use of Confederate names for federal installations. The result can be a never-ending name game.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Platform governance researcher at Northumbria University's Center for Digital Citizens, Dr. Carolina Are , believes it's important for shadowbanned members of the public to submit their comments. Are wondered if this call-out is intended for conservatives who claim to be shadowbanned from major platforms. The act passed anyway.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

A meaningful percentage of Americans are living in an alternate reality powered by a completely separate universe of news and information. One possibility might be a Glass-Steagall law for tech platforms, which would prohibit them them from running a platform and competing on it at the same time. Chris Gilliard / OneZero ).

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 28, 2025

It marks the Republican president’s latest salvo against cultural pillars of society, such as universities and art, that he considers out of step with conservative sensibilities. Trump recently had himself installed as chairman of the John F.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

After three hours of questions from the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, the PACT Act looks like an attempted truce between Section 230 reformers and supporters of the law. It is okay to update a law. Ron Wyden (D-OR) in 1996.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 27, 2025

Rachel Rebouche, dean of Temple University’s Beasley School of Law in Philadelphia, said the Defund Planned Parenthood movement has been building for 10 years but has gained momentum as the antiabortion movement has been emboldened by Trump’s presidential victory and by his fellow Republicans winning control of Congress in November.

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