Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 20, 2006

This is a musing on the current state of the Gnu Public License, which governs a preponderance of open-source software projects. But first, let's talk about what open-source means for a minute. This is what has permitted such widespread commercial adoption of the open source idea.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

government entities. Hello to compensation : Uber’s food delivery business settled with over 4,000 dismissed couriers in Spain and agreed to pay severance to those let go ahead of the country’s labor reform law, Natasha L reports. We’re sure this is just the beginning.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Although reports of the massacre appeared in the United States, Salvadoran army and government leaders denied them and, all too soon, El Mozote was forgotten. But, we still have to protect our users from attacks from many repressive governments around the world.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

Hacking group Lapsus$ has claimed responsibility for the attack, and has demanded that Nvidia make its drivers open-source if it doesn’t want more data leaked. We request that NVIDIA commits to COMPLETELY OPEN-SOURCE (and distribute under a foss license) their GPU drivers”.

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2022

These include an edit feature, an open-source algorithm, less moderation, and a higher bar for removing offending tweets. He views Twitter as the “de facto town square” and wants to open source the social media company’s algorithm. Musk isn’t trying to buy Twitter to make money, in case you were wondering.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2023

Key legal issues for influencers and brands (and how to deal with them) Image Credits: SomeMeans (opens in a new window) / Getty Images No one needs a mega-influencer like Serena Williams or a Kardashian to build buzz for their startup — an evangelist with just a few thousand followers can push qualified customers into your product funnel.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. government or even (heavens!) Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Its network doubled thanks in part to increased use by enterprises and government. Alt-ChatGPT : In the wake of the response to OpenAI’s ChatGPT comes an open source equivalent. Zack and Carly took a look back at how law enforcement cracked down on cybercriminals this year.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2020

An example use-case it gives is for law enforcement to anonymize bodycam footage so it can be repurposed for training videos or prepared for submitting as evidence. This product, Secure Redact, offers privacy-focused content moderation tools — enabling its users to find and redact personal data in visual content.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2020

“Renting an electric scooter should not give the government the right to trace your every move — where you start, where you end, and all stops, twists, and turns in between,” the ACLU said in a statement. Renting an electric scooter should not give the government the right to trace your every move”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

Chatwoot is an open source customer engagement suite alternative to Intercom and Zendesk. The startup, leveraging New Delhi’s new regulations, is using a government issued ID card to fetch insurance policies. The startup says recent laws such as GDPR and CPRA have helped drive adoption of SigNoz.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

In a recent blog post , in which our nonprofit, TechSoup, advocated for Net Neutrality, there were several responses that have an interestingly identical structure: (a) Government should stay out of the Internet; (b) There are technical issues involved that TechSoup does not understand; and. (c)

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The Verge

MARCH 28, 2022

On March 24th, EU governing bodies announced that they had reached a deal on the most sweeping legislation to target Big Tech in Europe, known as the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Through the new regulations, the government is hoping to “break open” some of the services provided by such companies to allow smaller businesses to compete.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

In the ruling last month, the judge said neither company would suffer any “grave or irreparable harm by being prohibited from violating the law” and that their respective financial burdens “do not rise to the level of irreparable harm.”. YC-backed nonprofit VotingWorks wants to rebuild trust in election systems through open source.

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Non Profit Quarterly

JUNE 14, 2019

At the time, Benetech had recruited area nonprofits to participate in four design teams: one on governance, one on funding, one on vision, and one on cost accounting. Said adds that, “Issues around governance are still to be thrashed out.” The idea was to create a common data platform, branded as Service Net.

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Towards Data Science

OCTOBER 25, 2024

How modern trends can be traced back to Conway’s Law Image by the author. We see a lot happening in this space, from catalogs, governance tooling, table formats such as Apache Iceberg, and a wealth of event streaming options. There is a lot of open source here but also a large number of vendors.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

How we dodged risks and raised millions for our open-source machine learning startup. If you have a great idea within the open-core framework, expect your risks to be much lower than with a traditional business structure. How we dodged risks and raised millions for our open-source machine learning startup.

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Tech Soup

MAY 11, 2015

The team members came up with a tool to make the cumbersome process of collecting, transcribing, and cleaning data easier for urban nonprofits and government agencies. They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground.

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Gyrus

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Most LMSs incorporate encryption, user authentication, and compliance with data protection laws (e.g., Small businesses can use cloud-based LMS solutions with flexible pricing models, open-source LMS platforms, or free-tier versions to get started cost-effectively. But what does LMS mean? GDPR, HIPAA) to secure user information.

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TechCrunch

JULY 16, 2021

But then came Bitcoin and the crypto boom and — also in 2013 — the Snowden revelations, which ripped the veil off the NSA’s “collect it all” mantra, as Booz Allen Hamilton sub-contractor Ed risked it all to dump data on his own (and other) governments’ mass surveillance programs. government.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

We’ve had some interest from individuals who need visas or are demanding green cards, but paying the government and legal fees would be a stretch for us. Now that regulators in markets as scattered as China, California and the EU are implementing new data privacy laws, working with APIs from U.S.-based Fledgling Founder.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2023

The lawsuit alleged that the social network “fuels its business with countless infringing copies of musical ‘compositions, violating Publishers’ and others’ exclusive rights under copyright law.” The app even appears to have deleted its web page explaining the “government-funded media” labels.

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The Verge

APRIL 27, 2021

When it comes to Clearview AI, for example, a controversial facial recognition service that is widely used by US law enforcement , Browder says the company “anticipates” Photo Ninja will fool the company’s software but can’t guarantee it. Photo Ninja isn’t a silver bullet to beat facial recognition services.

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Cloud 4 Good

JUNE 8, 2022

Cloud for Good complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates. The most competitive candidates will have the ability to promote Cloud for Good’s #BestTeamEver employer brand and ensure we have the absolute best people on our team. Location: ?Virtual:

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

open-source, custom, SaaS) based on identified goals and outcomes. With expertise in the government, manufacturing, healthcare, banking and finance, law enforcement, etc. Here are the top ways: 1. sectors, we are well-equipped to meet the unique needs of your organization.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

open-source, custom, SaaS) based on identified goals and outcomes. With expertise in the government, manufacturing, healthcare, banking and finance, law enforcement, etc. Here are the top ways: 1. sectors, we are well-equipped to meet the unique needs of your organization.

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Tech Soup

MAY 15, 2013

Some big news this week as President Obama further commits to opening up government data by signing an Executive Order. Open Government Data. Landmark Steps to Liberate Open Data President Obama has signed an Executive Order to make government data more accessible to the public and entrepreneurs.

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Gyrus

MARCH 20, 2024

open-source, custom, SaaS) based on identified goals and outcomes. With expertise in the government, manufacturing, healthcare, banking and finance, law enforcement, etc. Here are the top ways: 1. sectors, we are well-equipped to meet the unique needs of your organization.

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Gyrus

JULY 10, 2024

Besides, LMS can be customized for industries, including the government & public sector, information technology, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. Similarly, government and public sector companies can store the latest company policies and guidelines for easy access on a single server. billion in 2022 to $40.95 billion by 2029.

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Gyrus

JULY 10, 2024

Besides, LMS can be customized for industries, including the government & public sector, information technology, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. Similarly, government and public sector companies can store the latest company policies and guidelines for easy access on a single server. billion in 2022 to $40.95 billion by 2029.

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Gyrus

JULY 10, 2024

Besides, LMS can be customized for industries, including the government & public sector, information technology, manufacturing, and pharmaceuticals. Similarly, government and public sector companies can store the latest company policies and guidelines for easy access on a single server. billion in 2022 to $40.95 billion by 2029.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Its now parlaying its advancement of business AI into serving as an open-source tools hub for the technology community. Its compliance software helps crypto companies fulfill anti-money-laundering and other legal requirements while its investigative software helps government agencies regulate the industry.

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The Verge

APRIL 15, 2022

Free expression is a cornerstone of an open society, and with governments across the world eyeing crackdowns on internet platforms, there’s a complicated interplay between different visions of what should be allowed online. In the context of that era, free speech controversies mostly involved Twitter’s relationship with governments.

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The NonProfit Times

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

International nonprofits and other non-government organizations (NGOs) need American support to function, or even exist, a trio of witnesses told U.S. In the past five years, 72 countries have introduced 270 measures restricting civil society,” Douglas Rutzen, president and CEO of the International Center for Nonprofit Law testified.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

Atlassian CEO Scott Farquhar on the challenges of governing online companies A couple weeks ago, Facebook briefly turned off the ability for anyone in the world to post links from Australian news publishers. After a few days, the law was slightly changed, Facebook also paid the money, and access was restored.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

South Korea is the latest governing body to restrict the Chinese company DeepSeek based on the company's data policies. South Korean officials on Saturday announced a temporary suspension of downloading the DeepSeek app until it complies with local data protection laws under the country's Personal Information Protection Act.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

As you may know, the government has been tightening regulations associated with deep synthesis technologies (DST) and generative AI services, including ChatGPT. The app is also integrated with Whisper , OpenAI’s open source speech recognition system, to allow for voice input. Are there alternatives to ChatGPT?

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