Vox

APRIL 19, 2021

Now, two senators are turning their attention to the vaccine misinformation superspreaders that push the bulk of conspiracy theories and lies on social media — and asking the social media giants to take more aggressive action. Kennedy Jr., Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a contract with facial recognition company Clearview AI this week for “mission support,” government contracting records show (as first spotted by the tech accountability nonprofit Tech Inquiry ). However, the ICE contract would appear to comply with Clearview’s earlier pledge.

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GeekWire

JUNE 5, 2023

LinkedIn Photo) Washington STEM, a nonprofit focused on statewide STEM education and social change, named Lynne K. Varner served on the boards of the American Red Cross, the National Association of Black Journalists, and Cascade Public Media. Varner as its new CEO, effective Aug.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

I’ve always had a social justice kind of pull.”. Dewing, who holds a law degree from the University of Washington, worked for a nonprofit legal aid program early in her career and was involved with immigrant advocacy and street youth while in law school. Your preferred social network? I’m not big on social media.

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The Verge

MARCH 8, 2022

The tool, intended for journalists and other public figures, employs Jigsaw’s Perspective API to let users sort through potentially abusive comments on social media platforms starting with Twitter. In a Medium post , the team says it’s hoping developers can tailor it for other at-risk social media users.

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GeekWire

APRIL 28, 2023

His role at Portland Seed Fund is being funded by nonprofit Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network Catalyst, the Portland Business Journal reported. Former Funko Associate Director of Social Media Ashley Anderson is joining action figure-maker Super7 as director of community and social.

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2023

Seattle film nonprofit SIFF acquires historic theater from Paul Allen estate Seattle film lovers got their Hollywood ending. … Read More Cinerama is saved! … Read More Wood or would not? . … Read More

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GeekWire

JANUARY 16, 2023

RELATED: Seattle Schools vs. Social Media: What’s at stake in the suit against TikTok, Instagram, and others. The district also blocks other “cheating tools,” Robinson said. Other school districts in New York City and Los Angeles blocked ChatGPT , which has also drawn scrutiny for producing inaccurate answers.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Mainstream media critic Project Veritas sues University of Washington and Stanford, alleging defamation by social media researchers. Gates Foundation poached Washington STEM CEO, then gave nonprofit $100K to find a replacement. … Read More. … Read More. … Read More. … Read More.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Why Chicago Public Media and the Chicago Sun-Times are exploring a merger The Chicago Sun-Times needs help. Chicago Public Media, which owns the radio station WBEZ, is currently in talks with the Sun-Times to merge. Part of the financial health of public media stations in general involves the financial perks of being a nonprofit.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Increasingly, that’s seen as a problem by researchers and by nonprofits scratching their heads at why they’re seeing fewer people donating. That’s the assumption that the nonprofit sector is now reexamining. That has puzzled researchers and nonprofits. But it only counts donations to religious and nonprofit organizations.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The TheWMarketplace, a Seattle-based platform promoting women and diverse entrepreneurs, was excited to feature Askanya Chocolates and its Haitian founder on social media. Since early December, TheWMarketplace has submitted the paid ad for posting on the social media sites, had it rejected, revised the ad and had it rejected again.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 13, 2020

When Jasper Kuria considers strategies for addressing racial inequity and social injustice in the U.S., Kuria is doing his part in trying to drum up awareness for the support of Black-owned businesses, sometimes called BOBs, including a social media campaign dubbed “Do The BOB.” BOB Photo). BOB Image).

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The Verge

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Girls Who Code, the nonprofit organization that aims to get more women and girls interested in the field of computer science, has debuted what it calls the “first ever” codable music video. The Doja Cat codable music video. Photo by Girls Who Code.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Reports overnight indicate that a conflict between Altman’s ambitions for OpenAI and the mission of the nonprofit were at the core of the board’s decision to oust him as CEO and remove OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman as chairman. During a media Q&A at OpenAI’s DevDay on Nov. At the event, on Nov.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 3, 2020

As a backdrop, consider the massive shift to remote work and other risks created by the pandemic's social distancing efforts: 1. Support Nonprofits That Assist Law Enforcement's Cybercrime and Victim Support Efforts. Establish the Social Media Data and Threat Analysis Center. Pass an Internet of Things Security Law.

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SecureWorld News

MARCH 14, 2023

Blackbaud, a cloud-based software provider for nonprofits, universities, healthcare organizations, and more, fell victim to a ransomware attack in May 2020 that compromised the data of more than 13,000 customers. The company claimed it had no reason to believe that any data was misused or made public by the attackers.

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Venture Beast

DECEMBER 4, 2020

According to nonprofit group Avaaz, Facebook is failing to flag false information about the upcoming U.S. special elections in Georgia. Read More.

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The Verge

MARCH 1, 2022

Following pushback, a Namecheap spokesperson told The Verge that an updated policy had been communicated to Russian customers under which exceptions would be made for “all anti-regime media, protest resources, and any type of websites that are helping to end this war and regime.”

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Tech Republic Big Data

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Election-tracking nonprofit Ushahidi will use SMS, social media, and email to connect citizens with vetted volunteers and lawyers to monitor the upcoming US election.

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The Verge

JANUARY 12, 2021

But a wave of misinformation on social media, not helped by Facebook’s abysmal track record on privacy and its reputation for obfuscating changes to its various terms of service agreements, has resulted in a full-blown WhatsApp backlash that has users fleeing to competitors like Signal and Telegram.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

based social media management platform Hootsuite announced Tiziana Figliolia as its new CFO. Former Tune CEO Peter Hamilton is now head of television commerce at streaming media player Roku. Nderitu has served as a DEI consultant for nonprofits Doctors Without Borders and One Acre Fund. Tiziana Figliolia. Vancouver, B.C.-based

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 13, 2021

A Berlin-based nonprofit studying the ways in which Instagram’s algorithm presents content to users says parent company Facebook “bullied” its researchers into killing off experiments and deleting underlying data that was collected with consent from Instagram users. Read more.

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Gizmodo

MAY 27, 2020

According to Bloomberg , the federal appeals court said nonprofit group… Read more. Court of Appeals in Washington dismissed a lawsuit that claimed major tech companies including Twitter, Facebook, Google, and Apple worked together to “intentionally and willfully suppress politically conservative content” online.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Facebook blocked dozens of charity groups, nonprofit organizations, and even random big box retailers in Australia late Wednesday (early Thursday, local time), a move that appears to be collateral damage from Facebook’s ban on news in the country. Facebook even briefly blocked its own page in Australia, according to … Read more.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The American Booksellers Association launched a “Boxed Out” campaign with creative slogans and installations in bookstore windows and posts on social media. The American Booksellers Association is a national nonprofit trade organization that works to help independently owned bookstores grow and succeed.

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Vox

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Twitter’s US user base was already in decline prior to the takeover by Musk,” said Jasmine Enberg, principal analyst for social media at Insider Intelligence. The billionaire believes that Twitter is dominated by the “ media elite ” and part of mainstream media’s “ oligopoly on information.”

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2023

based nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs with a focus on women and minority founders. (GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) Open up your networks. That’s the message to investors from Jill Johnson , co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership (IFEL), a Newark, N.J.-based Reetu Gupta.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

We have a really serious issue right now that needs to be fixed — the students out of school have no other option,” said Joyce Walters, executive director of the nonprofit InvestED. Every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, and the public, private, and nonprofit sectors have come together to make this possible.”.

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GeekWire

JUNE 21, 2021

Parkhurst said this was an opportunity she “could not pass up” to use her skills to rebuild trust in local media. The advisory council currently has 14 members including Microsoft Tech for Social Impact CTO Erik Arnold ; Vulcan CEO Bill Hilf; and King County CIO Tanya Hannah.

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GeekWire

MARCH 19, 2022

Up until a week ago when he started on the Pledge Ukraine site, Lytvynov was keeping in touch with friends and family in Ukraine via phone or social media, and he was sending money. Originally from Lviv, Ukraine, Lytvynov moved to the Bay Area about eight years ago, and Seattle four years ago.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

There’s no good evidence that the ADL or any other nonprofit is largely responsible for X/Twitter’s ad woes, which mostly have been caused by its owner’s erratic behavior. It’s also about what you say and do relating to the group, and the effects that has on its standing in social life.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 7, 2021

“Like many people, there were entire days this year when the only human interaction I had was through a screen,” Gates wrote about his own social isolation and life online. ” He added that he believes that governments need to regulate what you can and can’t use social media for. GeekWire Photo).

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Vox

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

“We’re not surprised scammers are taking advantage of this opportunity because each of the states are rolling out the vaccine a little bit differently,” Sandra Guile of the Better Business Bureau, a nonprofit that focuses on consumer and marketplace trust, told Recode. And these fakes aren’t just popping up on social media.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2020

Nonprofit media watchdog Common Sense Media has labeled Zynn a “ pyramid scheme.”. Social media accounts claiming to be operated by Zynn say the company is “in communications with Google and working to fix this ASAP.”. This money can be redeemed as gift cards or cash.

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Vox

APRIL 16, 2020

Experts have argued for years that the social network is rife with misleading information that taints public discourse and asked Facebook to take the retroactive approach. “We This represents one of the first times Facebook will warn a specific set of users who have interacted in the past with false information.

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The Verge

JUNE 3, 2020

It also claims the company, through quotas and disciplinary action, led workers to avoid social distancing and other safety measures to continue hitting metrics and to keep up with surging demand. Instead, the suit is asking for a formal injunction to force Amazon to adhere to public health guidance. That earned the public ire of Sen.

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