Day archives: November 19th, 2023

New tool tracks disinformation laws globally

ijnet: “Amid the rise in disinformation today, journalists should look into legal measures adopted by countries around the world to combat it. Brazil’s Agência Lupa is helping reporters do just that, this month launching an interactive map showing national and supranational laws globally intended to legislate disinformation online. The tool, called LupaMundi, provides details about …

Subjects: Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Search Engines

ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer Gets Email Alerts and Other Major Improvements

“For the past decade, ProPublica’s Nonprofit Explorer has published financial details of every tax-exempt organization in the United States that files annual reports with the Internal Revenue Service. And until this year, the site looked about its age. While we regularly update our database with new documents, we’ve only occasionally added new features (like a …

Subjects: Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research, Search Engines

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 18, 2023

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, November 18, 2023 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Privacy, Social Media

GenAI for Law – Cases and Policies

“On this episode of law.MIT.edu’s IdeaFlow, we’ll explore and discuss two examples of how generative AI can be applied to legal use cases, namely: judicial caselaw research and handling privacy policies. The current version of this episode: https://law.mit.edu/pub/ideaflow16 For more episodes of IdeaFlow, see: https://law.mit.edu/media To signup for IdeaFlow episodes: https://forms.gle/aZbxfsEHkM7egeyf8

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

Climate Equality: A planet for the 99%

Climate Equality: A planet for the 99%, 20 November 2023, Oxfam – The world faces twin crises of climate breakdown and runaway inequality. The richest people, corporations and countries are destroying the world with their huge carbon emissions. Meanwhile, people living in poverty, those experiencing marginalization, and countries in the Global South are those impacted …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Poverty

Amazon announces “AI Ready”

Amazon announces “AI Ready,” a new commitment designed to provide free AI skills training to 2 million people globally by 2025. To achieve this goal, we’re launching new initiatives for adults and young learners, and scaling our existing free AI training programs—removing cost as a barrier to accessing these critical skills. Hiring AI-skilled talent is …

Subjects: AI, E-Commerce, Education, Knowledge Management

Outsourced to Qatar

Outsourced to Qatar – A Case Study of Northwestern University-Qatar: “Saudi Arabia has historically provided the largest amount of funding to American universities out of all the Middle Eastern countries. In recent years, however, neighboring Qatar has emerged as a significant rival. A small but wealthy Persian Gulf petrostate, Qatar recently became the top foreign …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Education, Financial System, Legal Research