The Verge

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Citizen Lab previously found evidence linking the Pegasus spyware to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and a separate campaign against a New York Times journalist. Despite the evidence, the Polish government has steadfastly denied any use of spyware, either for intelligence gathering or domestic surveillance.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The New York City skyline seen from the Summit One Vanderbilt observation deck on Thursday, Oct. The Big Apple just became the biggest city yet to say goodbye to gas hookups in new construction. Buildings are big problem for New York City’s efforts to tackle climate change. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, the codes architects and builders need to follow), the lawsuit deals with an issue that has wider ramifications: is it possible to copyright the law, or text that carries the weight of the law? ” Can the law be copyrighted? Does the government edicts doctrine apply?

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The Verge

MAY 26, 2021

Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp is suing India’s government over new internet rules it claims are unconstitutional and will “severely undermine the privacy” of its users, The New York Times reports. However the Indian government argues the rules are required to track the origins of misinformation.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

As an attorney he specializes in internet, technology, privacy, and corporate law and has consulted organizations on legal requirements, risk identification, risk management, and developing a corporate culture of privacy. He has testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.

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The Verge

APRIL 24, 2021

Twitter has removed more than 50 tweets critical of the Indian government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and did so at the request of the Indian government. A Twitter spokesperson said in an email to The Verge that the company may make certain tweets unable to be viewed by people within India if the tweets violate local law.

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The Verge

MAY 15, 2020

The Buffalo, New York solar panel factory. But Panasonic will not return to work at Tesla’s Buffalo, New York solar panel factory this weekend as planned. The new target date depends on the COVID-19 situation of Erie County and it will be announced from me in next several days.”. Image: Tesla.

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JANUARY 22, 2021

An intelligence agency has just confirmed that the US government does indeed buy location data collected by its citizens’ smartphones. Once the broker has the information, they can aggregate it and sell it to whoever’s willing to pay for it — including the US government. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. In a memo sent to Sen.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 6, 2020

As drones get smarter and the Federal Aviation Administration issues more waivers for its drone regulations, we’re likely to see more law enforcement agencies using them in their day-to-day, including for 911 calls. Technology like drones “could allow law enforcement to enforce any area of the law against anyone they want.”.

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JUNE 28, 2013

Five years later, temporary stimulus funding has come and gone, replaced instead by ongoing cuts to government funding. Organizations reliant on government funding continue to experience a “death by a thousand cuts,” says NFF client Sharon Stapel, Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project. “In

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In a statement, Bahamian Prime Minister Philip Davis said, “The Bahamas and the United States have a shared interest in holding accountable all individuals associated with FTX who may have betrayed the public trust and broken the law. Government, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY.”

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Delivery service platforms DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats are suing New York City for capping the amounts they can collect in fees from restaurants. In a complaint filed in US District Court court late Thursday, the companies argue that the fee caps are government overreach that will harm businesses.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2020

Concerns over the unregulated use of facial recognition in the US, both by law enforcement and private companies, has been steadily growing over the last few years, fueled by studies that show the tech in its current form to be inherently flawed and more likely to misclassify the gender and identity of Black individuals.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Amazon is announcing a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its controversial Rekognition facial recognition platform, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. The issues lie in part with the data sets used to train the systems, which can be overwhelmingly male and white, according to a report from The New York Times. “We

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

0On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a massive antitrust lawsuit against Facebook, claiming the social media giant has harmed competition by buying up smaller companies like Instagram and WhatsApp to squash the threat they posed to its business. Facebook has broken the law. It must be broken up.”.

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The Verge

MAY 6, 2021

The New York attorney general’s office issued a report Thursday confirming that some of the US’s largest broadband providers engaged in a massive campaign to flood the Federal Communications Commission with fake comments in the run-up to the commission’s 2017 order to roll back net neutrality. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

JANUARY 25, 2021

million, by the Norwegian Data Protection Authority for illegally sharing private information about Grindr users to advertisers, according to The New York Times. Grindr will be fined 100 million Norwegian kroner, or about $11.7 Grindr has until February 15th to comment on the Norwegian Data Protection Authority’s ruling. “We

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MAY 25, 2023

As a government entity, you may have joined Twitter years ago, using it to provide valuable customer experiences to your constituents and communities. For government agencies, the pitfalls and benefits may be even more pronounced as issues surrounding the platform continue to evolve.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The company is involved in two lawsuits against New York City that involve laws attempting to regulate how delivery companies work with restaurants there. In a complaint filed in US District Court on September 9th, the companies argue that the fee caps are government overreach. billion.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 13, 2023

The New York-based financial institution stopped operating abruptly on Sunday — customers will be made whole. In other words, the government is stepping up to protect the economy. “We Signature Bank had 40 branches across New York, California, Connecticut, North Carolina and Nevada. banking system.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Nick Bilton, a tech columnist for The New York Times , wrote that we could find ourselves in a situation where a medical AI that is programmed to eliminate cancer decides that the way to do it is by exterminating humans who are prone to the disease. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. .

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The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

The removals include YouTube channels for the government-run Myanma Radio and Television (MRTV) network and the military-owned Myawaddy Media used to spread military propaganda in Myanmar. Photo by Aung Kyaw Htet / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

The group has provided its information to federal prosecutors who are investigating the hackers and who hired them, The New York Times reports. As well as nonprofits and journalists, targets also included lawyers, government officials, and energy sector executives, the report says.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The bill passed the Australian House of Representatives today and is believed to have enough votes to pass the Senate, The New York Times reported. However, Google has since decided to start cutting deals with major Australian media organizations, like Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. ,

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The Verge

APRIL 26, 2021

Their comments in an earnings call Monday contradict statements made by local law enforcement in the immediate aftermath of the crash, and could complicate the efforts by federal crash investigators who are also examining the incident. If the government is upset with Tesla’s disclosures, it isn’t saying so.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Ring today announced that local government agencies will be able to have an official presence on the company’s Neighbors app. “Local government agencies, such as county and municipality governments and their departments, play an important role in public safety,” Ring wrote in a blog post published this afternoon.

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The NonProfit Times

AUGUST 23, 2024

New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which penalizes the dissemination of names and residential addresses of judicial, law enforcement, child protection investigators and other covered individuals, is having a significant damping effect on marketing efforts – including nonprofit solicitations – aimed at Garden State residents.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 4, 2010

Note from Beth: Last June at the New York City book party for the Networked Nonprofit , Stephanie Strom, New York Times, moderated a discussion on the themes in the book. Net neutrality has been the default law of the land since the Internet’s founding more than 40 years ago. But that condition is threatened.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Andrea D'Ambra is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s New York office and the U.S. head of eDiscovery and Information Governance. head of Technology and the U.S. Susana Medeiros. Contributor.

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The Verge

APRIL 10, 2021

billion yuan) fine, after an investigation found the ecommerce giant violated China’s anti-monopoly law, The New York Times reported. The Chinese government launched an investigation into Alibaba in December to determine whether the company was preventing merchants from selling their products on other platforms.

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The Verge

MAY 8, 2021

First reported by the New York Times , Colonial Pipeline, which carries 45 percent of the fuel supplies for the eastern US, said in a statement late Friday that it took “certain systems offline to contain the threat, which has temporarily halted all pipeline operations and affected some of our IT systems.”. million barrels daily.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 24, 2021

International trade with Xinjiang is restricted by numerous governments including the US over Chinese treatment of the region’s minority Muslim Uyghur population. The US government has described the repression of the minority Muslim Uyghurs in Xinjiang as a “ genocide.”. The company also employs more than 10,000 people in China.

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The Verge

MARCH 18, 2021

Cellphone towers are being increasingly targeted by conspiracy theorists, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists who wish to “incite fear, disrupt essential services, and cause economic damage,” according to an internal New York Police Department report seen by The Intercept.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Airbnb is suing the City of New Orleans for requiring the company and short-term rental platforms ensure properties they market are in compliance with city laws. The company has pushed back against other cities’ efforts to regulate it, including suing New York and San Francisco.

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The Verge

JUNE 4, 2020

A pair of alarming videos appeared to show at least one Caviar delivery worker being arrested by New York City police on Thursday, allegedly for violating the city’s curfew imposed this week in response to demonstrations protesting the death of George Floyd and systemic police brutality. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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BoardAssist

JULY 30, 2014

Is your New York nonprofit ready for the new Nonprofit Revitalization Act? Are you familiar with the requirements of the new Act? The New York Nonprofit Revitalization Act became effective on July 1, so sharpen your pencils and see how many boxes you can check on this compliance list. Annual audit.

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