KFF – “The first cases of a novel coronavirus were reported by the World Health Organization (WHO) in early January. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic has become the worst health crisis facing the global community in more than a century. It has also taken a particular toll on the United States. Although the U.S. only… Continue Reading
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US Elections Disinformation Tabletop Exercise Package
Ly, Oumou, and Jorhena Thomas. US Elections Disinformation Tabletop Exercise Package. Assembly: Disinformation Program, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2020. “Online foreign interference, coordinated influence operations, and disinformation have become the new normal for elections and other democratic processes. These problems overlay a difficult, dynamic, and ever changing political environment rife with contentious… Continue Reading
Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Investigation Reveals Digital Economy Highly Concentrated, Impacted By Monopoly Power
House Committee on the Judiciary – Chair Jerrold Nadler: “The House Judiciary Committee’s Antitrust Subcommittee today released the findings of its more than 16-month long investigation into the state of competition in the digital economy, especially the challenges presented by the dominance of Apple, Amazon, Google, and Facebook and their business practices. The report, entitled… Continue Reading
NYPL’s 2020 Election Reading List: Read. Think. Vote.
NYPL – “As New Yorkers prepare for Election Day on November 3, The New York Public Library is proud to present its 2020 Election Reading List. The books on this list illuminate voting issues including healthcare, education, climate change, and foreign policy, and explore subjects including political polarization, the media, and movements toward greater justice… Continue Reading
America Is Having a Moral Convulsion
The Atlantic, David Brooks via MSN: “…The events of 2020—the coronavirus pandemic; the killing of George Floyd; militias, social-media mobs, and urban unrest—were like hurricanes that hit in the middle of that earthquake. They did not cause the moral convulsion, but they accelerated every trend. They flooded the ravines that had opened up in American… Continue Reading
CRS Seminars on Disruptive Technologies: Videos
CRS via LC – CRS Seminars on Disruptive Technologies: Videos, Updated October 5, 2020. “New technologies, and those that represent an evolutionary improvement of an existing tool or process, that exhibit the potential to have large-scale effects on social and economic activity are often referred to as “disruptive” technologies. They can disrupt existing markets, practices,… Continue Reading
CRS – The Fundamentals of Military Readiness
CRS report via The Fundamentals of Military Readiness, October 2, 2020: “Each year the Department of Defense (DOD) requests and Congress authorizes and appropriates billions of dollars in Operations and Maintenance (O&M) funding to support what the DOD calls readiness. Additionally, other types of defense appropriations may be used to contribute to producing, sustaining, or… Continue Reading
Unemployment Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic: In Brief
CRS report via LC – Unemployment Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic: In Brief, Updated October 2, 2020: “The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a significant effect on unemployment in every state, industry, and major demographic groupin the United States. This report provides information on which groups have experienced the largest increases in unemployment… Continue Reading
Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign
Benkler, Yochai, Casey Tilton, Bruce Etling, Hal Roberts, Justin Clark, et al. Mail-In Voter Fraud: Anatomy of a Disinformation Campaign, 2020. Harvard University. “The claim that election fraud is a major concern with mail-in ballots has become the central threat to election participation during the Covid-19 pandemic and to the legitimacy of the outcome of… Continue Reading
Unemployment Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic: In Brief
CRS Brief via LC- Unemployment Rates During the COVID-19 Pandemic: In Brief, September 30, 2020: “The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)pandemic has had a significant effect on unemployment in every state, industry, and major demographic groupin the United States. This report provides information on which groups have experienced the largest increases in unemployment rates since the… Continue Reading
The Origination Clause of the U.S. Constitution: Interpretation and Enforcement
CFR report via LC – The Origination Clause of the U.S. Constitution: Interpretation and Enforcement, October 1, 2020: “…Article I, Section 7, clause 1,of the U.S. Constitution is known as the Origination Clause because it provides that “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.” The meaning and application of this… Continue Reading
TikTok: Technology Overview and Issues
CRS report via LC – TikTok: Technology Overview and Issues, Updated September 29, 2020:” TikTok is a globally popular video-sharing smartphone application (app) owned by ByteDance Ltd., a privately held company headquartered in Beijing, China. It is under increasing scrutiny by the U.S. government as a potential privacy and security risk to U.S. citizens. This… Continue Reading
