Day archives: October 24th, 2019

Most of the political tweets you see are from a minority of users

National Politics on Twitter: Small Share of U.S. Adults Produce Majority of Tweets – “Those who strongly disapprove of Trump produce majority of tweets from U.S. adults that mention national politics – “The social media platform Twitter plays a prominent role in how politicians, media outlets and advocacy organizations promote their agendas and engage with …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Social Media

Coca-Cola Named Most Polluting Brand in Global Audit of Plastic Waste

The Intercept: “Coca-Cola was found for the second year in a row to be the most polluting brand in a global audit of plastic trash conducted by the Break Free From Plastic global movement. The giant soda company was responsible for more plastic litter than the next top three polluters combined. More than 72,000 volunteers fanned out onto …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Health Care, Legal Research

Trump to Tell Federal Agencies to Cut NYT and WaPo Subscriptions

WSJ.com – White House plans to direct government staffers to not renew orders with the newspapers, whose coverage he has disparaged as ‘fake’ – “The White House is planning to instruct federal agencies to not renew their subscriptions to the New York Times and the Washington Post, administration officials said, escalating President Trump’s attacks on the …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

$35B class action case against Facebook on use of facial recognition data

Courthouse News Service: “Rejecting arguments that Facebook users suffered no “concrete harm” by having their facial data mapped and stored, the Ninth Circuit advanced a $35 billion class action against the social media giant Thursday. Facebook sought to swat down the lawsuit last year after U.S. District Judge James Donato ordered it to alert users …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Courts, Legal Research, Privacy, Social Media

Open Access Resources for Legal Research

Via Lyonette Louis-Jacques, The University of Chicago | D’Angelo Law Library – “In honor of International Open Access Week, our library created an “Open Access Resources for Legal Research” LibGuide. These are some representative free law sources. The focus is on U.S. law, but there’s a foreign and international law section.”

Subjects: Education, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries

Private Prisons in the United States

The Sentencing Project – “Twenty-eight states and the federal government incarcerated 121,718 people in private prisons in 2017, representing 8.2% of the total state and federal prison population. Since 2000, the number of people housed in private facilities has increased 39%, according to data collected by the Bureau of Justice Statistics and The Sentencing Project …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

Trump to Tell Federal Agencies to Cut New York Times, Washington Post Subscriptions

WSJ.com – The move comes days after President Trump told his staff to cancel the White House’s print subscriptions to the Post and the Times.  “The White House is planning to instruct federal agencies to not renew their subscriptions to the New York Times and the Washington Post, administration officials said, escalating President Trump’s attacks …

Subjects: Censorship, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries