News release: “Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are coming together to help curb the spread of terrorist content online. There is no place for content that promotes terrorism on our hosted consumer services. When alerted, we take swift action against this kind of content in accordance with our respective policies. Starting today, we commit to… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2016
NYT – The Secret Agenda of a Facebook Quiz
The Secret Agenda of a Facebook Quiz, McKenzie Funk, NY Times, Nov. 19, 2016 [Commentary/Op-Ed] “For several years, a data firm eventually hired by the Trump campaign, Cambridge Analytica, has been using Facebook as a tool to build psychological profiles that represent some 230 million adult Americans. A spinoff of a British consulting company and… Continue Reading
CIA Cartography Division 75th Anniversary – Sharing Declassified Maps
National Geographic – See the Historic Maps Declassified by the CIA – A new gallery provides a rare look inside the 75-year history of the agency’s mapping unit: “…in honor of the center’s 75th anniversary this year, the agency has released a remarkable collection of declassified maps that illustrate—and perhaps even played a role in—many… Continue Reading
Google reviewing fake news and hate speech results
Danny Sullivan, SearchEngineLand – Facing criticism over “fake news,” inappropriate search suggestions and more, the search company is looking for long-term and comprehensive solutions. Continue Reading
ScienceOpen launches new search capabilities
“At ScienceOpen, we’ve just upgraded our search and discovery platform to be faster, smarter, and more efficient. A new user interface and filtering capabilities provide a better discovery experience for users. ScienceOpen searches more than 27 million full text open access or article metadata records and puts them in context. We include peer-reviewed academic articles from all… Continue Reading
Paper – The Rule of Reason
Hovenkamp, Herbert J., The Rule of Reason (December 16, 2016). Available for download at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2885916 “Antitrust’s rule of reason was born out of a thirty year (1897-1927) division among Supreme Court Justices about the proper way to assess multi-firm restraints on competition. By the late 1920s the basic contours of the rule for restraints… Continue Reading
Statement on Requests for Additional Information on Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON, DC 20511 December 16, 2016 “Statement on Requests for Additional Information on Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election – Recently, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has received requests from Members of Congress, several Electors of the Electoral College and the general public for additional information on… Continue Reading
BLS online resource center for Jobseekers or Workers
Data and resources on careers in numerous professions as well as on how to find a job. Continue Reading
WaPo – Now you can fact-check Trump’s tweets – in the tweets themselves
Washington Post: “Are we talking about the same cyberattack where it was revealed that head of the DNC illegally gave Hillary the questions to the debate? Weigel wrote a whole post about the issue — but people who just click through to the link see only Trump’s claim, and none of the context. We made… Continue Reading
Globe at Night – international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution
“Globe at Night is an international citizen-science campaign to raise public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen-scientists to measure & submit their night sky brightness observations. It’s easy to get involved – all you need is computer or smart phone & follow these 5 Simple Steps!” Continue Reading
NOAA’s 2016 Arctic Report Card: Visual highlights
“Now in its 11th year, the Arctic Report Card, released today at the annual American Geophysical Union fall meeting in San Francisco, is a peer-reviewed report that brings together the work of 61 scientists from 11 nations who report on air, ocean, land and ecosystem changes. It is a key tool used around the world… Continue Reading
WaPo – FBI backs CIA view that Russia intervened to help Trump win election
“FBI Director James B. Comey and Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. are in agreement with a CIA assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election in part to help Donald Trump win the presidency, according to U.S. officials. Comey’s support for the CIA’s conclusion — and officials say that he never changed… Continue Reading
