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Amazon asks Congress to pass a law against price gouging during national crisis

The Verge

Amazon has requested that Congress pass a law that would make price gouging illegal during times of national crisis, in light of inflated prices on crucial goods like hand sanitizer and N95 masks that have hounded the online retailer during the COVID-19 pandemic. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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In Colorado, gas could soon come with a warning label

Fast Company Tech

The Centennial State may become first in the nation to require retailers to warn consumers that burning fossil fuels releases air pollutants and greenhouse gases, known by the state of Colorado to be linked to significant health impacts and global heating. The Cambridge City Council enacted its greenhouse gas label law in 2020.

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5 Ways Your Nonprofit Can Use Behavioral Science to Raise More Money Online

Nonprofit Tech for Good

By understanding how people make the decisions they do, your NPO can take strategic steps to raise more money and drum up more support, without running yourself ragged in the process. The field observes and analyzes human relationships through behavioral aspects including geography, biology, law, psychiatry, and political science.

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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

It has more than 125,000 volunteers, has responded to disasters in 700-plus communities, and raised nearly $250 million. She teams with and coordinates with other environmental nonprofits to use every law on the books to battle climate change and polluters. She has the roadmap for the nation’s clean energy future.

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[DATA] 11 Must-Know Stats About How Nonprofits Use Email for Digital Marketing and Fundraising

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Odds are your emails are going to spam folders and are in violation of email compliance laws that require opt-out information and a mailing address to be prominently featured in all email campaigns. According to the M+R Benchmarks Report , for every 1,000 fundraising emails delivered, nonprofits raised $78 (up from $45 in 2020).

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Utah just became the first state in the country to pass an age verification law for app stores

Engadget

Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed the App Store Accountability Act into law, making it the first state to require that app store makers verify their users' ages. However, it has also raised questions about privacy and where the burden of responsibility falls to ensure that underage users don't see inappropriate content.

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Should there be some law against raising three times in one year?

TechCrunch

Every quarter we dig into the venture capital market’s global , national , and sector-based results to get a feel for what the temperature of the private market is at that point in time. I covered AgentSync for the first time last August , when the API-focused insurtech player raised a $4.4 Privacera also raised $50 million this week.

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