The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

He points to examples of meme images selling as NFTs , something that doesn’t affect their availability but helps subjects benefit from online fame in a way intellectual property law hasn’t so far. And if you implied an NFT was an official Wikimedia Foundation project, you could run afoul of trademark law.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

After it was able to contain the attack, Robinhood said the unauthorized third party sought an “extortion payment,” and the company notified law enforcement but did not say whether it had made any payments. Robinhood enlisted the help of outside security firm Mandiant as it investigates the incident.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Here’s what we talked about: American stocks are set to rise, bitcoin is flat and meme-stocks are mixed. In India, news is out that a new law could ban Bitcoin (whatever that means), and this morning India forced Twitter to take down some accounts that had been critical of government policy.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Oh, and it absolutely cannot get a beer for you — a recurring meme when companies try to hype home robots). In the past, the company has sold racially biased facial recognition systems and hackable security cameras ; it aggressively partners with law enforcement and uses scare tactics to push its products on consumers.

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DataRobot

AUGUST 3, 2021

A graduate of Harvard and the University of Chicago Law School, he spent more than 15 years as an intellectual property attorney. He‘s the co-founder and executive director of CodeX , the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and the author of On Legal A I , a pioneering effort to map the territory between AI and the law.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 11, 2018

On the one hand, several of my friends feel more in touch because they are sharing memes, feel they are sharing witty things ‘on the spot,’ but there is less going into depth. Regulate: Governments and/or industries should create reforms through agreement on standards, guidelines, codes of conduct, and passage of laws and rules.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Facebook launched a research competition in May for systems that can better detect “hateful memes.” Facebook wants its transparency reports to become the model for new laws. Organized hate groups fall into a separate moderation category, which saw a much smaller increase from 139,900 to 224,700 takedowns. Image: Facebook.

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The Verge

JULY 2, 2020

Behind the memes, though, has always been the more unsettling truth that Nextdoor allows racism to thrive on its platform by taking a hands-off approach to moderation. Nextdoor has arguably exacerbated these problems by offering features like “Forward to the Police,” which let users quickly send an “urgent alert” to law enforcement.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

meme: every process inside your organization can be improved, and founders need to make gains wherever possible, writes Immad Akhund, co-founder and CEO of Mercury. Image Credits: kulkann (opens in a new window) / Getty Images. Does your startup have a data room? Are you calculating the ROI for each new hire before you extend an offer letter?

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The Verge

AUGUST 3, 2021

While native medicinal practitioners used cannabis to treat illnesses in the past, a law introduced in 1935 under British colonial rule criminalized cannabis. Despite these laws, cannabis is the most-used illicit drug in Sri Lanka , with an estimated 600,000 users ; natural scientist Wasantha Sena Weliange believes that number is much higher.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

It did not appear as a series of ironic memes in a central feed to which students were glued. Banning Holocaust denial doesn’t make it go away — Germany does so by law, and far-right forces are still on the rise there ( and preaching the gospel of QAnon , to boot). But for far too long, they had an unwitting ally in social networks.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

A Seattle group was hijacked last year, and, according to news reports, the administrators struggled to get the attention of Facebook or law enforcement until someone offered to connect them with a Meta employee, who was able to help restore access. The group admins didn’t respond to inquiries from Fast Company.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 31, 2008

Last year, I couldn't decide and ended up writing the look back as a lessons learned, a personal New Year's resolution post, and a round up of what nonprofit folks had on their minds as they entered 2008: Four Lessons Learned: Social Media and Nonprofits Meme: I listed four lessons learned and tagged four other people.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

When Meta launched its AI Studio feature for over two billion Instagram users in July 2024, the company promised a tool that would give anyone the ability to create their own AI characters to make you laugh, generate memes, give travel advice, and so much more. The company claimed the feature, which was built with Metas Llama 3.1

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2018

After the Parkland shooting, students didn’t wait for professional advocates to step in: they began talking to reporters immediately (one courageous student covered the shooting as he hid in a school closet ) and were soon planning media appearances about changing gun laws.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

Friend -- (verb) To add to a list of personal associates on a website Green Audit -- Analysis of a business environmental state Green-collar -- Of or relating to workers in the environmentalist business sector Heart -- (verb) To like very much Home-shoring -- Moving jobs to employees homes (from the word "offshoring") Meme -- Image, video or phrase (..)

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Get Fully Funded

AUGUST 10, 2021

A meme got my attention recently on Facebook. Here are some things to think about as you plan the right fundraiser: Check local ordinances, health codes, and state laws regarding raffles, festivals, events selling alcohol, and events selling food prepared by volunteers. It said, “You know the fundraiser I’d actually like to go to?

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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 deal came after months of legal drama , bad memes and will-they-or-won’t-they-chaos.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

How trustworthy are humans given the law enforcement that holds them accountable, and the voters that hold governments who hold law enforcement accountable? A single meme (e.g. These conditions are hard to assess. M_1 and the human-oversight preserving alternative are complicated multi-agent systems.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

But right-wing supporters have a wildly different view of events: figures like Tucker Carlson have portrayed the convoy as a working-class rebellion, and Trudeau’s response has been treated as enacting martial law, leading Elon Musk to tweet (and then delete) a meme comparing Trudeau to Adolf Hitler.

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Amy Sample Ward

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

site we had to be compliant with Chinese law. They work like memes, the speed people react and join in. Susan Pointer: It was absolutely based on what would provide the most access to our users there. What that means is that in order to set up the.cn Which meant self censorship of the results. It’s about scale.

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The Verge

MARCH 3, 2022

People are urged to BUIDL, pronounced “biddle,” a play on Bitcoin’s HODL meme. In 2019, Polis signed into law the “Colorado Digital Token Act.” He gave an enthusiastic performance, opening with an old meme by singing “hey, hey, hey” to the crowd and getting the crowd to sing it back. BUIDL is about building things.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 11, 2005

" The lecture took place at Harvard Law School , and what follows is my liveblogging of that lecture. She suggested that we "propagate memes" - as she called to the bloghers in the room - go forth and propogate memes! Female nerds need to organize.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 13, 2016

His “Law of Amplification” was particularly insightful: “technology’s primary effect is to amplify human forces.” He broadens this to tackling what he labels “the packaged intervention,” the neatly wrapped solution that will solve a social problem.

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The Verge

JUNE 17, 2020

Inside the group, they’re posting hateful memes and misinformation, while commenters share support for neo-Nazis. Lawmakers in New York proposed a new law that would prohibit police from using geofence warrants as protests continue to grow. Evelyn Douek has a perfect tweet about this report. Knight Foundation).

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

But while Democrats are now calling for his expulsion from Congress and his accounts to be banned, the incident has drawn new attention to Gosar’s long association with far-right meme culture. Gosar’s video is just the latest example of a long-standing interest in the meme culture that’s popular in far-right internet communities.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

Browsing Twitter or Instagram for hashtags like #MAGA and #BlueLivesMatter shows that the most recent posts are full of K-pop fancams and memes that mock these causes. Browsing the #BlueLivesMatter hashtag on Instagram reveals a mix of memes and images related to K-pop, anime, and anonymous. 1TGlRL) June 2, 2020. GIF: The Verge.

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2020

Marc Santora at The New York Times explains: The new law, which is expected to go into effect Oct. Arizona is leading a multi-US state probe into whether Apple deliberate slowing older iPhones violated deceptive trade practice laws. The new meme campaign is primarily focused on vote-by-mail registration.

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Futurism

MARCH 6, 2025

Central to the debate is which faction will reap the benefits from the GENIUS act, seen as the first step in legitimizing crypto in the eyes of the law. So far, industry leaders and lawmakers alike have failed to come to any consensus that would indicate a shared vision of the crypto future.

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The Verge

JUNE 16, 2020

becoming a meme on this week’s episode of The Vergecast. But also, you’ve kind of become a meme. NP: You’re a meme! MK: As all good memes should be, it’s authentic, right? You are a meme, so that’s important. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Ed Markey: Thanks for having me on. We’re a tech site.

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The AI Alignment Forum

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

4] Everyday example: I sometimes feel an urge to pull out my phone and check if anyone liked my dank memes on social media. the AI CEO seems to be following the law). Cached belief box: TD learning makes things seem good when they immediately precede reward, even if the correlation is imperfect. [4] No accounting for taste.)

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The Verge

APRIL 20, 2022

Co-founded by gadfly meme enthusiast Benny Johnson, the firm lists clients like Rep. Some workers were paid late, while others were berated by Benny Johnson In the breathless world of conservative online politics, Arsenal Media is here to help you go viral. s Facebook following.

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

This, combined with other Trump-affiliated meme coin failures, like $MELANIA and the Argentinian President Javier Milei-promoted $LIBRA, has removed billions of dollars from the crypto market. SEE ALSO: Crypto scammers are using Elon Musk's DOGE to defraud people However, for most average investors, $TRUMP was a loss.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

government has previously seized in law enforcement actions. But prices have fallen since Trump’s inauguration and Trump has faced criticism, including from allies within the crypto industry, for helping launch a personal meme coin just before he took office that has since collapsed in value.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 5, 2025

There's Natalie Portman's stripper Alice who's dating Jude Law's brooding novelist Dan, and Julia Roberts' photographer Anna who starts seeing Clive Owen's doctor Larry after an awkward set-up. Soon lust, jealousy, and secrets spiral as the couples intermingle, cheat, and lie, culminating in some very juicy, explosive drama. .

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

Taylor Lorenz explains the cake meme that took over Twitter this week. Compiled by students and volunteers, the atlas is a database of surveillance technologies used by law enforcement authorities across the United States — including drones, body cameras, facial recognition, and more. Nick Statt / The Verge ).

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

Riley writes (emphasis hers): Researchers at the global nonprofit group Avaaz found nearly two dozen Facebook pages affiliated with the “boogaloo” movement, a generally anti-government and anti-law enforcement ideology. But they have vastly different reasons for why they think the law must change. Adi Robertson / The Verge ).

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