https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/23/22298199/california-net-neutrality-law-sb822

Net neutrality took a beating in the states a few years ago, and though California largely repaired the law at a state level it was prevented from enforcing it by various lawsuits from the telecom industry. A new decision by district judge John Mendez just denied the final injunction standing in California’s way.

Whether the Biden administration will reintroduce net neutrality at a national level is another question.

Further to Professor Festinger’s unwillingness to accept facebooks repeated privacy violations and hackneyed apologies, I wanted to look at organizational responses to public outcry. The article I found is out of the Harvard Business Review is a step-by-step guide: https://hbr.org/2015/09/the-organizational-apology. A quote I found especially interesting:
“For many years, medical professionals were advised not to apologize when they made mistakes that hurt or even killed patients, because doing so might make the hospital vulnerable to a malpractice lawsuit. But research has revealed that when some hospitals began allowing doctors to offer apologies to patients and families, or even made apologizing mandatory, the likelihood of litigation was reduced.”

In most recent memory, a month ago Chewies Oyster Bar & Grill was burned at the stake for captioning an instagram “Can we get a couple skinny bitches at the bar please…”. After a long and heated debate, they released two apologies (because the first was deemed insufficient by the mob) and a lengthy post detailing the situation and their response to it (which can be seen on reddit here): https://www.reddit.com/r/vancouver/comments/l0ofl7/vancouver_drama_chronicles_chewies_restaurant_and/

I would be very interested to see some real statistics on apologies and the public’s willingness to accept these offerings.

Hi class,

Building on the most recent News of the Week over Facebook’s decision to blackout access to both Australian news on the international scale and news pages on Facebook in Australia, an agreement has been reached between Facebook and the Australian Government. To summarize, Australia has been at the forefront of the news recently when it announced new legislation that will force internet content providers to pay news outlets for access to their content. Suffice it to say, Australia has agreed to amend some terms in the legislation. Internet content providers, such as Facebook, will maintain control in deciding whether news content will appear on Facebook. This begs the question on competition law, i.e. whether small news outlets will have the same opportunities for online access as a larger news outlet.

I found a post I wanted to share – there is a company using AI technology to create psychedelics mushrooms and edibles – thought it was quite an interesting concept!
https://ca.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/941952/aion-therapeutic-meet-the-team-using-artificial-intelligence-to-create-a-full-lineup-of-psychedelic-and-cannabis-therapies-941952.html