Monthly archives: March, 2021

Small group plays big role in pushing vaccine skepticism, Facebook study finds

Washington Post: “Facebook is conducting a vast behind-the-scenes study of doubts expressed by U.S. users about vaccines, a major project that attempts to probe and teach software to identify the medical attitudes of millions of Americans, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post. The research is a large-scale attempt to understand the spread of …

Subjects: Congress, Health Care, Legal Research, Legislation, Medicine, Social Media

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 14, 2021

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, March 14, 2021 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly …

Subjects: Congress, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Legislation, Privacy, Social Media

Malgorithm – How Instagram’s algorithm publishes misinformation and hate to millions during a pandemic

“Using real examples of posts recommended to users by Instagram, we expose how the platform’s algorithm is publishing dangerous misinformation about Covid and vaccines in the midst of a pandemic, as well as QAnon and antisemitic conspiracy theories. We set out clear steps by which Instagram’s owner, Facebook, can put people over profit, fix its …

Subjects: AI, Internet, Knowledge Management, Social Media

Cleaning Corporate Governance

Frankenreiter, Jens and Hwang, Cathy and Nili, Yaron and Talley, Eric L., Cleaning Corporate Governance (February 11, 2021). University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Forthcoming, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2021-05, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2021-16, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No.644, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research …

Subjects: AI, Economy, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

A Year Into the Pandemic, Long-Term Financial Impact Weighs Heavily on Many Americans

Pew Research Center Report – “About a year since the coronavirus recession began, there are some signs of improvement in the U.S. labor market, and Americans are feeling somewhat better about their personal finances than they were early in the pandemic. Still, about half of non-retired adults say the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak will make it harder for them …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Health Care

Paper – Corporate Tax Breaks and Executive Compensation

Corporate Tax Breaks and Executive Compensation, Eric Ohrn, Department of Economics, Grinnell College, February, 2021 – “I analyze the effect of two corporate tax breaks, bonus depreciation and the Domestic Production Activities Deduction (DPAD), on executive compensation in publicly traded US firms. I find both tax breaks significantly increase executive compensation. For every dollar a …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System