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Research Friday: The Functions of Government in Social Entrepreneurship

ASU Lodestar Center

Government has a rich legacy of social entrepreneurship. Consider some examples from American policy history. In response to the Great Depression in the 1930s, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration enacted the nation’s first-ever social policy with the programs of the Social Security Act.

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Twitter will label government officials and state-affiliated media accounts

The Verge

Twitter will label the accounts of government officials and state-affiliated media outlets, following similar policies from Facebook and YouTube. The new labels are already being applied but will roll out gradually, with government labels being applied to officials from China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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What is Model Risk and Why Does it Matter?

DataRobot

This regulation laid the foundation for assessing model risk for financial institutions around the world, but was initially targeted towards Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs), which were deemed by the government to be “too big to fail” during the Great Recession.

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Vietnam triples its clean energy goals, aims to get 16% of its power from solar

Fast Company Tech

A draft of the new policy outline, likely to be finalized in coming weeks, scraps plans to build offshore wind turbines, instead building more onshore wind capacity, rooftop solar and energy storage. . It also imported 50 million ton of coal in the first three quarters of 2024a 31% increase, according to government data.

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Patreon suspends NGO account collecting money for Ukrainian military

The Verge

The Ukrainian government itself is also soliciting donations directly to help with its war effort. A page on the country’s government website lists account details where funds can be sent to to help “the logistics and medical support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”

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Australia-based Employment Hero raises $45M AUD for its global expansion

TechCrunch

The capital will be used for expansion and growth in markets including New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom. Localized versions of Employment Hero include pre-built employment contracts and policies that comply with local laws. million) Series D, bringing its valuation to more than $250 million AUD ($193.4

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REEF Technology raises $700M from SoftBank and others to remake parking lots

TechCrunch

” CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM – DECEMBER 22: A Deliveroo rider at work at night on December 22, 2018 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. . “That proximity is driven through an install base that’s in parking lots or parking garages… [and] that enables all sorts of companies to use its proximity as a platform.