Day archives: April 3rd, 2022

Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 2, 2022

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, April 2, 2022 – Privacy and cybersecurity 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: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Defense, E-Records, Education, Health Care, Legal Research, Privacy

Climate change increases risk of extreme rainfall following wildfire in the western United States

Climate change increases risk of extreme rainfall following wildfire in the western United States – Science Advances • 1 Apr 2022 • Vol 8, Issue 13 • DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm0320 “Post-wildfire extreme rainfall events can have destructive impacts in the western United States. Using two climate model large ensembles, we assess the future risk of extreme …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

Ukraine: Apparent War Crimes in Russia-Controlled Areas

Human Rights Watch – Summary Executions, Other Grave Abuses by Russian Forces The New York Times – “As Russian forces retreated from around Kyiv, the devastating toll of the war became clearer. Western leaders redoubled calls for war crimes investigations, declaring the images of dead civilians “abhorrent…” BBC News – Killings in Bucha are deliberate …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Government Documents, Legal Research

Human Rights and Disinformation Under the Trump Administration: The Commission on Unalienable Rights

Blitt, Robert C., Human Rights and Disinformation Under the Trump Administration: The Commission on Unalienable Rights (2021). St. Louis University Law Journal, Vol. 66, 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4046025  – “The former administration of Donald J. Trump shattered norms governing the responsibility to relay accurate, truthful information to the public. Whether regarding trivialities or vital …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Education, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research