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By: Gina Picciano After the Supreme Court’s ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, pro-choice advocates took to the internet to voice their opposition to the Texas bill SB 8 banning the termination of a pregnancy in the sixth week… Read More »Tiktok Vigilantism: Protest in the age of COVID

By: Jordyn Michaels Right to repair is the ability for an individual to alter, repair, or customize their electronic device.[i] Companies have developed manufacturing methods in which certain parts of a company’s product are developed intentionally to be irreplaceable and… Read More »Growing Action on the “Right to Repair”: A Brief Survey

By: Gage McMullen “Law is the operating system of our society… So show me the manual!” reads a banner on Public.Resouce.Org.[1] Below this are six links labeled “Bulk Data” and individually named things like “California Building Codes,” “Official State Codes,”… Read More »Show Me the Manual!

By: Leigh Harvis Predictive analytics have been used to predict what someone will buy, who they will date, what TV show they should watch next, and who they should hire. Predictive analytics work by looking at historical data to predict… Read More »Predicting a Less Diverse Workforce: How Predictive Analytics Introduce Bias in the Hiring Process

By: Elena Allen The increased use of biometric identification, particularly on social media, has led to new issues of personal data privacy and consent. What is biometric identification? Biometric identifiers are facets of a person’s physical being that can be… Read More »Growing Privacy Concerns with the Increased Use of Biometric Identification