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Understanding how California AB 488 impacts online charitable fundraising

Candid

A new law that went into effect in California on January 1, 2023, AB 488 is aimed at improving transparency and accountability in online charitable fundraising. While AB 488 is a California law, it could impact all charities in the United States that solicit donations in California, not just those headquartered in the state.

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Technological Protection Measures and the Blind

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Each new content delivery system is eagerly tested by technically oriented blind individuals or the organizations serving them, often to result in disappointment and widespread advice to avoid wasting limited resources on inaccessible content. The digital text can be accessed, but there is impaired access to the structure of the document.

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What is in the Treaty of Marrakesh?

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although it might seem like a complicated document , we’re really excited about it because we think it will greatly improve global access for people with bona fide print disabilities. This is satisfied by having a law like the Chafee Amendment in the U.S., or similar laws in other countries like India and the EU.

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10 Nonprofits to Support on World Humanitarian Day

EveryAction

Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and mobilizes international action to support efforts to stop these abuses. Since 1922, they have put significant international pressure on governments to enforce and enact laws that defend women’s rights. AIDS United. Take Action | Twitter | Facebook.

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4 Nonprofits Using Office 365 To Further Their Missions

TechImpact

With 80-90 employees working remotely across the United States, the National Development Council was looking for a better solution to staying connected. Women’s Law Project. As a small foundation, with 9 full-time members, the Women’s Law Project needed a better and more cost-effective solution. Path Point.

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Doing the Right Stuff Right for Human Rights

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Although reports of the massacre appeared in the United States, Salvadoran army and government leaders denied them and, all too soon, El Mozote was forgotten. He is now the Executive Director of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group , which earlier this year spun off from Benetech to become its own independent organization.

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Silicon Valley’s Developing Conscience: It’s Called Apple

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

What laws they violate. We have seen this problem here in the United States and around the world. It may be documentation of atrocities they plan to use in later advocacy, or simply items like current membership lists. Who they love. What religion they profess. Their ethnicity. What drugs (legal or illegal) they consume.

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