Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 17, 2014

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. Universal City Studios, Inc., Universal City Studios, Inc., copyright law. of America v.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Businesses that fall under Title I, those that operate 20 or more weeks per year with at least 15 full-time employees, or Title III, those that fall under the category of “public accommodation,” are covered by the ADA. This law ensures that information is available to those with disabilities. Dunkin Donuts. Domino’s Pizza.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

DACA paved the way for these children of immigrants to obtain work authorization and relief from deportation, enabling them to go on to universities and build careers and families. They hold the government accountable for unjust immigration laws and educate the American public on the longstanding importance of immigrants in the US.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 26, 2007

Meaningful corporate use of public virtual worlds/platforms will lag. Gartner's five laws for exploring virtual worlds at the enterprise level. First Law: Virtual worlds are not games, but neither are they a parallel universe (yet). Second Law: Behind every avatar is a real person Third Law: Be relevant and add value.

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The Verge

MARCH 17, 2021

California’s new net neutrality law includes banning sponsored data services, known as zero-rating, which previously allowed companies like AT&T to cover data usage of certain platforms (like HBO Max) for customers who use other offerings like internet plans. That’s no longer the case.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2021

To help address this challenge, I am thrilled to partner with public speaking coach Eileen Smith of Spokesmith , to give you these six incredible tips that can elevate you to rock star status in your circles, and keep your audience fully focused and enthusiastically spreading your key points through their networks. Johnson & Johnson.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

But according to a press release from Tillis’ office and statements made by tech advocacy groups like Public Knowledge, streamers and their fans have no cause for alarm. “As On its fourth page, the bill outlines what would qualify as felony behavior under the law. The text of the bill affirms this reading. Copyright is messy.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 11, 2020

“It seems to me that it’s incumbent upon those who are behind these efforts to show evidence that they’re having some effect,” says Ryan Calo, law professor and a director of the Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington. “So So far, I’ve personally been unconvinced that there’s been any kind of significant showing of efficacy.”.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

At the time, Mark Zuckerberg was at Harvard University, and he developed it with his fellow students and friends, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. students at Stanford University. The public demands it, and because of it, governments are responding. . 21 st Century Data Breaches.

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The Verge

AUGUST 4, 2021

Jonathan Mayer, a professor at Princeton University who researches technology and law, said on Twitter that “Facebook’s legal argument is bogus.”. As per its website , the plug-in does not collect any personally-identifying information, including users’ name, Facebook ID number, or friend list.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Almost all organizations produce some sort of annual financial reporting, but it’s may not always be public information. by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???. At a university,?a public service?organizations An organization may have many funds supporting?its?mission. self-balancing accounts?that?must

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Media companies in Australia can be held responsible for defamatory comments left on their social media pages by members of the public, the country’s High Court has ruled. However, Voller still has to prove that the comments themselves were defamatory, while media companies can now marshal new defenses under defamation law.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

In it, the company detailed a plan to reorganize its for-profit arm into a public benefit corporation (PBC). What is a public benefit corporation? Critically, B Corp status isn't a designation with the weight of law, or even an industry-wide group, behind it it's a stamp of approval from this specific nonprofit.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

How are finance-oriented property tech investors reacting to the ongoing downturn in public markets? How Metafy founder Josh Fabian caught the attention of 776 by building in public. How Metafy founder Josh Fabian caught the attention of 776 by building in public. Image Credits: Kuzma (opens in a new window) / Getty Images.

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The Verge

JUNE 25, 2020

In the SF Chronicle , writer Tony Bravo talks to etiquette experts about how — or rather, whether — to confront people who are not wearing masks in stores and other public spaces. And don’t assume you know why they’re not wearing masks, points out Aziza Ahmed, a professor who specializes in health law at Northeastern University.

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The Verge

JUNE 8, 2021

Law enforcement agencies across Europe, the US, and Oceania revealed Anom’s origins earlier today, saying they had arrested 800 criminal suspects based on intercepted communications. Seamus Hughes, a George Washington University researcher, offered more details from court records. Most early Anom users were located in Australia.

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M+R

MAY 17, 2022

Donald was a deeply committed colleague, a lifelong and tireless advocate, the brains behind many movements that exist today, and an inspiration and friend to many of us in the social change universe. He led the effort to restore public broadcasting funding from Newt Gingrich. And, yes, also the reason M+R exists. .

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The Verge

MARCH 23, 2022

However, the teenager, who apparently uses the online aliases “White” and “breachbase,” has not been accused by law enforcement, and the researchers “haven’t been able to conclusively tie him to every hack Lapsus$ has claimed,” Bloomberg said. The teenager’s mother told the publication she did not know of allegations against him.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

The seed round, which it says was oversubscribed, was led by Investible with participation from Franklin Templeton, Xcel Next, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Bon Auxilium, Tenity, Plug and Play and Entrepreneur First.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 7, 2013

A thought leader in the intersection of philanthropy, law, policy, and technology, Bernholz writes about the business of giving in books, articles, and her award-winning blog, Philanthropy2173.com. She will continue in this role in addition to her work with the Packard Foundation.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 12, 2009

As an independent territory of the United States, the schools of Puerto Rico are subject to the same federal laws and IDEA initiatives as every school in the 50 states. From the week of March 30 to April 4, five Bookshare training sessions took place in four of the island’s Service Centers for Special Education.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). Despite the importance of public policy to the nonprofit sector, there is a severe lack of engagement among nonprofits. Illustration by Yuxin Qin.

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The Verge

APRIL 22, 2021

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a lawsuit against the remote testing company Proctorio on behalf of Miami University student Erik Johnson. I’m doing this to stand up against student surveillance, as well as abuses of copyright law,” Johnson told The Verge.

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Candid

JUNE 4, 2024

The New York Times recently reported on increasing public support for politicized violence nationwide. But in 2022, GoVoteNYC partnered with Columbia University professor Donald Green to conduct randomized testing of grantees’ voter mobilization tactics. NYCET also has seen an increase in reports of hostile encounters.

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Cloud 4 Good

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

November 19, 2021 [Asheville, NC] – Cloud for Good, alongside the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNT Dallas) and Dallas College, today announced a partnership to provide an apprenticeship pathway to jobs in the Salesforce ecosystem for new and recent graduates. About University of North Texas at Dallas. www.cloud4good.com.

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

A law meant to protect Indigenous art might just be lip service The first embroidery stitch María Méndez Rodríguez learned at the age of 7 was the chain stitch. Whether the law actually works is another question. Likewise, the law says that any contracts or agreements made by any member individually will be null.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Masks will still be required if state or local laws mandate them, however. Vaccines are universally available across the US, and vaccination rates continue to rise, which enables the ability to return to our previous mask policy,” the notice reads (via CNBC ). Amazon will continue to evaluate its COVID-19 safety measures.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2021

Once an alert is generated, it is reviewed by Apple and NCMEC before alerting law enforcement, providing an additional safeguard against the system being used to detect non-CSAM content. The accuracy of the matching system, combined with the threshold, makes it very unlikely that pictures that are not known CSAM pictures will be revealed.”.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Ann Florini is Clinical Professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management at the Arizona State University. Neither law nor history requires this to be true. Facebook has faced governmental hearings and regulation, public uproar (#deleteFacebook), and huge fines for invading privacy and undermining democracy. Brett Hurt.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

In June 2020, taking advantage of a Chicago law requiring ride-hailing apps to disclose their prices, researchers from George Washington University published an analysis of algorithms used by ride-sharing startups like Uber and Lyft to set fares. Can the algorithms that ride-hailing and delivery startups use be fair?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

She holds a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University, where she currently lectures at the engineering school. Hershenson also serves on the board of trustees of Harvey Mudd College and on the Advisory Council of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Public memorials like the US Holocaust Museum asked players to respect the space by not chasing virtual monsters in it. Writer and researcher Erica Neely says that laws and social norms aren’t prepared for how AR could affect physical space. “I I think we’re kind of frantically running behind the technology,” she tells The Verge.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

It’s a truism confirmed by the Arab Spring that Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are among the key new public spaces of activism. A few years back a fellow activist asked how the Universal Declaration of Human Rights could be embedded into Web 2.0 What are legitimate constraints on free speech under international human rights law?

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The Verge

AUGUST 30, 2021

But new research from Harvard Law School suggests these supposedly “zero emissions” vehicles could actually exacerbate many of the problems we are facing today. A University of Michigan study in 2018 found the shift toward autonomy could raise (rather than reduce) a vehicle’s energy demands.

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The Verge

JULY 26, 2021

It would be a terrible world where Epic is giving people a million dollars, and the end result is the patients’ health gets worse,” Glenn Cohen, director of the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard University, told Stat News. The financial incentives could create a conflict of interest.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Kelly has authored several publications for. Public Policy," "How to Calculate the Public Support Test," and "Family. Foundations and the Law." from University of North. Carolina School of Law and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from. College and Harvard Law School.

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The Verge

MAY 7, 2021

Things are not over,” says Veena Dubal, a law professor at the University of California, Hastings. “We Many of the tactics Amazon used are legal under current labor law. This needs to be public knowledge so that we understand why a law like the PRO Act is so important.”. It’s a learning moment.

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