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“While the public has been focused on the ongoing Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, Google has largely avoided public scrutiny about its data collection practices despite having the ability to collect far more personal data about consumers across a variety of touchpoints. There have been efforts to document individual practices by Google such as their …
In Custodia Legis: The following is a guest post by Leah K. Ibraheem, the web metrics analyst in the Office of the Chief Information Officer of the Library of Congress. “Natalie shared the news when we hit a big metrics milestone last year of more than a million page views and visits in a single day. I track metrics …
CNET – The bill, submitted by nine senators on Tuesday, would also mandate election audits. “The Russians can’t hack paper. On Tuesday, twelve Senators introduced a bill [ [The Protecting American Votes and Elections Act] that would require state and local governments to use paper ballots in an effort to secure elections from hackers. The …
BuzzFeedNews: “Italian photographer Massimo Listri has spent his career capturing some of the most magnificent and unexpected interiors in the world. His signature style of large-scale and highly detailed pictures is most often shot without a single person in the frame, allowing viewers to fully immerse themselves within the magnitude of details that each space …
BuzzFeedNews: “Coal plants will be able to release more pollution into the air thanks to a new policy revealed Tuesday by the Trump administration, a highly anticipated replacement to Obama’s signature climate rule. Called the Affordable Clean Energy rule, the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal largely defers to states on how to curb coal plant pollution, …
“More than three thousand articles deep, ClickAmericana can best be described as a labor of love — one person’s drive to allow others to revisit half-forgotten recollections of days gone past. But it’s also a bid to honor those who created American history — from the architects to the artists, photographers and pop culture icons, …
Library of Congress Blog: “A quiet place for study and reflection” is one answer that might spring to mind. If you take advantage of story times and author talks, you might say, “A social place for programs and gatherings.” Our view here at the Library of Congress is the image of a treasure chest, filled …
