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Social Enterprise Summit's Policy Track

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

One of the highlights of last week's Social Enterprise Alliance's Summit was the Launch of the Policy Track. A lot of cool things happened in the policy track (even I spoke), but I think the interesting thing was Carlos' comments. According to Carlos, the Office is part of the domestic policy team inside the White House.

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Mr. Jim Goes to Washington (Again)

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

As part of the large national award we received from the Department of Education, we are spending a lot more time in Washington. But, like many social entrepreneurs, I'm beginning to figure out that being absent from the halls of policy is not serving our mission. This is our current objective.

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Nonprofit Advocacy Can Be a Force Multiplier for Social Change

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. This post originally appeared on Arabella Advisors'' Greater Good blog as part of the series Impact 2014. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?”

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Vrbo is blocking new Washington, DC reservations during inauguration week

The Verge

Vrbo has changed its stance on people making reservations in the Washington, DC area during the week of the inauguration. The company has slowly been changing its policies around inauguration rentals, after Buzzfeed News reported that residents are concerned about extremists using the service to stay in DC. through Friday, 1/22.

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Twitter reportedly suspended accounts by mistake after extremists abused new private media policy

The Verge

Twitter has reportedly suspended a number of accounts by mistake after far-right extremists began exploiting the platform’s new private media policy, according to a report by The Washington Post. The video is from September (predating the policy) and shows two right-wing extremists IN PUBLIC, planning violent assaults.

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Two Leaders Join Benetech’s Senior Team!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

For more than a decade, Nadine has worked at the intersection of policy and media in major markets including New York, Chicago and Washington, DC. But with Benetech’s expanding involvement in major domestic and international intellectual property policy , we recognized that it was time to increase our capacity.

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Twitter whistleblower accuses company of lying about its security policies and fake accounts

TechSpot

The Washington Post and CNN both report that the accusations come via complaints filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and Department of Justice from Twitter's former head of security, Peiter Zatko, who goes by the nickname "Mudge."

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