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New Jersey is suing Discord for allegedly violating child safety laws

Fast Company Tech

Children, in particular, make up a “significant portion” of its 200 million global monthly active user base, per the suit. The New Jersey complaint alleges that Discord knew its safety features and policies wouldn’t actually protect its young user base and didn’t make changes.

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Ireland's privacy regulator is investigating X's use of public data to train Grok

Engadget

Under Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules , Ireland has the legal muscle to fine X up to four percent of its global revenue. That followed a platform policy change in July that let the social site use public posts to train its AI chatbot.

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How L.A. can rebuild after the wildfires without leaving vulnerable residents behind

Fast Company Tech

The dramatic images of wealthy neighborhoods burning during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires captured global attention, but the damage was much more widespread. Climate-related disasters like this often have deep roots in policies and practices that overlook growing risks. And that can mean making difficult decisions.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

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).

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Announcing… 31 New Favorite Nonprofits for 2013!

Nonprofit Tech for Good

10×10 is global action campaign with a film as its centerpiece.Their message is simply this: Educate girls and you can change the world. amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research. Southern Poverty Law Center :: @ SPLCenter. 10×10 :: @ 10x10Act.

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Brazil is using the law to push innovation, but here’s how it can do more

The Next Web

As announced in Brazilian press in October of 2013, a new version of a law in Brazil just took effect, mandating that smartphones give visibility to Brazilian-made apps , by either pre-loading phones with these homegrown apps or providing a dedicated marketplace on smartphones to display them. What’s good about the “Good Law”.

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In Colorado, gas could soon come with a warning label

Fast Company Tech

The Centennial State may become first in the nation to require retailers to warn consumers that burning fossil fuels releases air pollutants and greenhouse gases, known by the state of Colorado to be linked to significant health impacts and global heating. The Cambridge City Council enacted its greenhouse gas label law in 2020.