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New York City bans TikTok from government devices; poll shows almost 50% of people want total US ban

TechSpot

As reported by The Verge, starting immediately, City employees are barred from downloading the app and accessing TikTok's website from any city-owned devices. City agencies must remove installed instances of the app within 30 days. Read Entire Article

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Your work or a life: a painful choice no one should have to make

Hands on Fundraising

In the United States, recent polls found that 70 percent of American workers consider their workplace a significant source of stress, whereas 51 percent report job stress reduces their productivity. Feeling stressed? via PsychCentral) Do we have to choose?

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Daily Crunch: After Musk puts it to a vote, 57% of Twitter poll respondents tell him to resign

TechCrunch

The poll has spoken — a majority of people who came across Elon Musk’s post asking if he should step down as the head of Twitter felt he should, Ingrid reports. Musk says a lot of things, and then says some more things, so we’ll see if he actually takes his advice and abides by the results of the poll. Will he or won’t he? :

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Why are read receipts so triggering?

Mashable Tech

Poll a group of friends and you’ll realize: Most people hate read receipts. Jordan, a 30-year-old bartender in New York, has experienced this from the other side. His text wasn’t accusatory, but the change had certainly struck a chord. He seemed to imply that if I had turned them on, it must be a mistake.

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Numbers Show Massive Numbers of Consumers Are Turning Against Tesla

Futurism

That might be an understatement given that Democrats the demographic that used to be more likely to purchase EVs, and Teslas specifically , than any other have signaled in multiple polls that they're now spurning Teslas.

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How funders can bolster direct voter engagement  

Candid

In the 2021 New York City municipal elections, low-propensity voters who were engaged by nonprofits providing support and services in their communities and therefore seen as trusted messengers turned out at double the rate of those who were not. GoVoteNYC is a funder collaborative housed at the New York Community Trust.

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VisionLink Is In The News: Real-Time Winter Storm Map

VisionLink

Using VisionLink''s outbound telephony polling software, over 12,000 people throughout New York and New Jersey received automated calls enabling them to report on what the storm was doing to their homes and to their local communities in real-time. How does it work?

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