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Daily Archives: February 7, 2022

A Place of One’s Own: How Law Libraries Support Democracy by Protecting Citizens’ Right to Read

A Place of One’s Own: How Law Libraries Support Democracy by Protecting Citizens’ Right to Read. Amy A. Emerson. LAW LIBRARY JOURNAL Vol. 113:4 [2021-14 – This is a PDF edition – please scroll down the document to locate this article.] “By offering places for private reading and contemplation, law libraries foster well-informed citizens capable of independent thought. This process, in turn, provides a foundation for understanding the law, questioning the law, and ultimately challenging the legal status quo, all necessary elements of a well-functioning democracy…”

Knowledge institutions comprise a multitude of organizations that collectively support and protect the foundations of our democracy by providing educational access and factually accurate and objective information necessary to create an informed citizenry. They include private and public institutions that together form a “knowledge ecosystem.” Here, individuals have the opportunity to evaluate, question, parse, and, when needed, resist manipulation to participate in governance, from engaging with the policy positions of their elected officials to enforcing the rule of law.Law libraries, through the spaces they provide for conducting research and engaging in contemplation with our country’s laws and the commentaries written about those laws, are uniquely positioned within the infrastructure of knowledge institutions to contribute significant support to our democratic foundations..”

How to take control of your Google Workspace search history

TechRepublic: “Starting March 29, 2022, people with Google Workspace accounts gain the ability to choose settings for Workspace search history. This setting controls whether the system stores and suggests prior searches when you enter text in a search box in Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and Currents. By default, Workspace search history will be on…” Continue Reading

CRS – Central Bank Digital Currencies: Policy Issues

Central Bank Digital Currencies: Policy Issues, Updated February 7, 2022: “The recent proliferation of private digital currencies or cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, has led to questions of whether the Federal Reserve (Fed) should create a central bank digital currency (CBDC)—a digital dollar that would share some of the features of these private digital currencies. In… Continue Reading

The country inoculating against disinformation

BBC: “Subjected to repeated disinformation campaigns, the tiny Baltic country of Estonia sees media literacy education as part of its digital-first culture and national security. For two days riots raged in Estonia’s capital Tallinn. Protestors clashed with police and looters rampaged after the violence was sparked by controversy about a decision to move a military… Continue Reading

Artificial Intelligence Bias and Discrimination: Will We Pull the Arc of the Moral Universe Towards Justice?

Loza de Siles, Emile, Artificial Intelligence Bias and Discrimination: Will We Pull the Arc of the Moral Universe Towards Justice? (December 1, 2021). Duquesne University School of Law Research Paper No. 2022-02, ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4002486 – “In 1968, the Reverend Martin Luther… Continue Reading

Dating or Defrauding? Protect Yourself Against Romance Scams With Help From the Government

USA.gov: “According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), in 2020 alone, people who experienced romance scams lost over $600M. Romance scammers target people looking for love on dating apps and social media. But how can you tell the difference between dating or defrauding? From February 7 to March 11, join agencies from across… Continue Reading

Should I Ask Over Zoom, Phone, Email, or In-Person? Communication Channel and Predicted Versus Actual Compliance

Social Psychological and Personality Science, 1-10 – Original Manuscript, journals.sagepub.com/home/spp – Should I Ask Over Zoom, Phone, Email, or In-Person? Communication Channel and Predicted Versus Actual Compliance [free full text] “Research has found that people are much more likely to agree to help requests made in-person than those made via text-based media, but that help-seekers underestimate… Continue Reading