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Bookshare without Borders: #2/3

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Together with our partners in the nonprofit, technology, government, academic and publishing sectors, we participate in new cultural and technological movements, deriving new knowledge that we apply for social gain. Special thanks go to Charles Coward and Xavier Domènech of the Barcelona law firm Uría Menéndez.

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Global Philanthropy

Tech Soup

Although cultures of giving to those in need are widespread, many countries lack the infrastructure that promotes philanthropy as we know it, including legal nonprofit status for organizations, tax laws that favor charitable giving, or established native foundations.

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Mobile for Good: iOS Threats, Creepy Cookies, and Some Good News

Tech Soup

WireLurker was only isolated to users in China. " Privacy experts warn that these supercookies could be abused by advertisers, governments, and hackers. When downloaded, it would install malicious apps on the iOS device. When it was directly connected to a Mac, WireLurker could spread the malice to it as well. " Phew!

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Mobile for Good: iOS Threats, Creepy Cookies, and Some Good News

Tech Soup

WireLurker was only isolated to users in China. " Privacy experts warn that these supercookies could be abused by advertisers, governments, and hackers. When downloaded, it would install malicious apps on the iOS device. When it was directly connected to a Mac, WireLurker could spread the malice to it as well. " Phew!

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Why I’m Scared of the SOPA bill

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re against piracy, and have made commitments to authors and publishers to encourage compliance with copyright law. Yet another example of bills written to catch criminals, that do very little to stop them, but end up screwing up law-abiding organizations. government or even (heavens!) Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Mountaintop Mining – Seeing is rejecting.

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And they say China is being Orwellian with language as they prepare for the Olympics.) MTM SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED UNDER SMCRA MTM is a mining method that the United States government is largely responsible for creating. Obvious isn’t it. You can read about it more in today’s New York Times.

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What the Potential Tiktok Ban Means for Your Digital Marketing Strategy

Media Cause

Most recently, their CEO went before Congress to answer questions about data collection and the platform’s ties to China. Protecting Consumer Data is Important Luke Dringoli, VP of Tech This talk about the TikTok ban is just the tip of a bigger conversation—what we need is a comprehensive, national online privacy law.

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