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Quorum and Axios Partner to Provide All-in-One Access to Policy Content and Advocacy Tools

NonProfit PRO

Quorum and Axios announced a new integrated policy news and legislative tracking solution with premium news subscription.

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Big News at Benetech (and for me!)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Data for Inclusion: Enabling people with disabilities to provide firsthand reports on the issues they face to inform policy at the local, national, and global level. Connected Civil Society: Applying machine learning and computer vision to document human rights violations and promote accountability in Syria in collaboration with the UN.

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Facebook reportedly choked traffic for left-leaning news sites including Mother Jones

The Verge

Facebook designed changes to its news feed algorithm in 2017 to reduce the visibility of left-leaning news sites like Mother Jones on its platform, the Wall Street Journal reported , and CEO Mark Zuckerberg had personally approved the plans. To say that Facebook has a strained relationship with the news business is an understatement.

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Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it

Mashable Tech

In other news, have you seen Barbra Streisand's house? Wynn-Williams was previously Meta's director of global public policy, with Careless People covering her time at the company from 2011 to 2017. This does not mean that Wynn-Williams' claims in Careless People are false, nor that they are true.

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Microsoft’s expanded refund policy for Cyberpunk 2077 on Xbox ends in July

The Verge

At the time, the company said this expanded policy would be in place “until further notice.” But on Tuesday, Microsoft announced it plans to end those generous refunds, saying that Cyberpunk 2077 would once again fall under Microsoft’s standard refund policy for digital games starting July 6th.

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Windows 11 account lockout policy helps to block brute force attacks

TechSpot

David Weston, Microsoft's VP of Security and Enterprise, announced the news via Twitter earlier this week. According to Weston, the lockout policy is designed to mitigate Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and other brute force attack vectors. The new feature is available on Windows 11 Insider Preview builds 22528.1000 and newer.

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Applications open for Maytree Policy School 2025 (Deadline: October 21, 2024)

Charity Village

Maytree Policy School is an opportunity for nonprofit organizations to strengthen their public policy capacity. Beginning in January 2025, the program will support 20-25 policy leaders to enhance their skills and competencies and their organization’s strategic engagement in the public policy process.

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