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As election season approaches, businesses must increasingly think about how to address social and political issues that will undoubtedly re-emerge.”I think it’s really important for companies to think about what is the core of their business,” said Betsy Atkins, chairman of Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) Google Cloud and board member of Wynn and GoPuff. told Yahoo Finance at the 2023 Milken Global Conference (video above). “Is it about building great products, great services, or is it about trying to reshape the world? When companies decide that social and political issues are the most important thing, You get into trouble.”Atkins cited Netflix…

Written by Dave Gordon and Will Smailbusiness reporterMay 15, 2023image source, krystle burgerimage caption, Krystle Berger before and after using an app called FaceTune to change her appearanceThe issue of photo manipulation on social media has long been a concern for many, but now that this technology is increasingly spreading to videos, should authorities intervene?Krystle Berger insists that she “doesn’t drastically change who she is” when posting photos and videos on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook. “I’m really just digitally giving myself the perfect makeup and lighting,” she says.Berger, a young mother from Indiana, USA, pays for a subscription to an…

Numerous state laws passed this year, and bills proposed in Congress, would set onerous new restrictions on what young people can do online, depriving teenagers of their First Amendment rights to express themselves, access protected speech, engage in anonymous speech, and participate in online communities. They also enforce a presumption that parents of minors do not want them accessing social media. These laws would require people under a certain age, usually 18, to obtain parental consent before making an account on some of the most popular platforms on the planet, many of which are useful for young people to access…

When Lisa Reyes Mason was writing her social work paper on water insecurity in the Philippines, she was often asked, “What’s this social work like?” Today, 10 years later, she is considered a pioneer in the field as climate change rapidly transforms Western communities. Mason said that not only does she see social work playing an important role in combating the climate crisis, but Western countries can also learn a lot from regions that are already taking steps to adapt to climate change. She believes she should. For example, her research in the Philippines found that many households, regardless of…

When Lisa Reyes Mason was writing her social work paper on water insecurity in the Philippines, she was often asked, “What’s this social work like?” Today, 10 years later, she is considered a pioneer in the field as climate change rapidly transforms Western communities. Mason said that not only does she see social work playing an important role in combating the climate crisis, but Western countries can also learn a lot from regions that are already taking steps to adapt to climate change. She believes she should. For example, her research in the Philippines found that many households, regardless of…

Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, EnglandFlavio Azevedo & Steve RathjeInstitute of Communication Science, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Jena, GermanyFlavio Azevedo, Tobias Rothmund, Fahima Farkhari & Carolin-Theresa ZiemerInstitute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb, CroatiaTomislav Pavlović, Renata Franc, Marina Maglić & Igor MikloušićSocial and Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, BrazilGabriel G. Rêgo, Paulo S. Boggio & Waldir M. SampaioDepartment of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, Bergen, NorwayF. Ceren AyTelenor Research, Oslo, NorwayF. Ceren AyMacedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Skopje, Republic of North MacedoniaBiljana GjoneskaKieskompas – Election Compass, Amsterdam, NetherlandsTom W. Etienne, Yordan Kutiyski & Oscar Moreda LagunaDepartment of Political Science & Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USATom W.…

Pembroke Park, Florida – Students across Florida will receive new social studies textbooks for the upcoming school year, but they will be missing some of the latest social studies topics. New books are part of a regular adoption process every few years. But there’s more controversy this year, thanks to laws passed in states regulating what can be taught in classrooms.In 2020, Black Lives Matter and social justice rallies were held across South Florida and across the United States. But classes about them have been removed from social studies textbooks for students in Florida.”I see this as an attempt to…

executive summary Political awareness is growing over the national security issues posed by TikTok, the popular social media app owned by Chinese company ByteDance. It is natural for lawmakers and the public to be concerned. Numerous data points are now available, ranging from ByteDance’s ties to the Chinese Communist Party, to its potential for social manipulation, to its collection of personal data in the United States. Several efforts have been made to limit potential risks, including storing TikTok data on servers in the United States (rather than in China). However, there is more you can do. Lawmakers should consider additional…

In summary In March, the San Mateo County School Board became the first California school district to sue social media companies for their role in the youth mental health crisis. As state lawmakers struggle to overcome the power and influence of tech giants, local schools are now looking to the courts for help. A California teenager committed suicide in her bedroom after watching disturbing videos of a simulated hanging. Another teen in the Bay Area refused to eat and was hospitalized due to an eating disorder. An 8-year-old girl in Temple, Texas, died of self-strangulation. The reason parents gave for…

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRA PROUD) – More than halfway through the legislative session, social issues targeting vulnerable populations are in the spotlight as lawmakers disagree over how to spend the state’s surplus funds. are collecting. Gov. John Bel Edwards gave his latest thoughts on the situation Thursday. Budget talks are swirling around the Capitol after House Republicans made significant changes to the governor’s proposal. Many are hoping the Senate will reverse course by eliminating teacher pay raises at the state level and using the money lost to early childhood education to pay off teacher retirement debt instead of replacing it.…