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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 9, 2013
In this second installment of the three-part blog series (the first one is here ) on Bookshare International, I’m excited to share some of the ways in which our Bookshare library is part of the latest trends in the digital publishing world and is thus going deeper and serving many more people.
The Verge
MAY 27, 2021
Privacy International (PI) and several other European privacy and digital rights organizations announced today that they’ve filed legal complaints against the controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI. It then sells access to that database — and the ability to identify people — to law enforcement agencies and private companies.
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TechCrunch
DECEMBER 10, 2021
On July 1, 2021 there was a big change in the European Union’s Value Added Tax (VAT) law, impacting online retailers, marketplaces and their e-commerce businesses across the EU. But EU member states realized a few years ago that EU VAT law was no longer on track with the developments taking place in the e-commerce ecosystem.
The Verge
OCTOBER 27, 2021
DarkMarket was taken offline earlier this year as part of an international operation. The site boasted some 500,000 users and facilitated around 320,000 transactions, reports the EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol, with clientele buying and selling everything from malware and stolen credit card information, to weapons and drugs.
The Verge
DECEMBER 16, 2021
As a result, CNIL is calling on Clearview to purge the data from its systems or face escalating fines as laid out by European privacy law. Subsequent reporting showed the company’s deep ties to right-wing political activism and widespread use within US law enforcement. Clearview has contested the order.)
TechCrunch
JANUARY 26, 2022
Spain’s government is gearing up to pass the country’s first ever startup law. A draft law agreed by ministers was presented to the parliament last month. So — if all goes to plan — Spain will finally get a startup law before the end of this year. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.
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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