Police monitoring of social media, renewing the weekly $600 unemployment insurance benefit, and our new Metro Recovery Index.
| Allowing the $600 unemployment benefit to expire could devastate the US economy “For many Americans, it’s not the extra $600 a week that’s keeping them home—it’s a lack of child care, health risks and other facets of daily life that COVID-19 has upended.” Annelies Goger, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Michael Gaynor argue that failing to extend federal supplements to state unemployment benefits would be an “act of sabotage” that will destabilize the U.S. economy and society. Read on CNN |
| How to reform police monitoring of social media How does law enforcement monitor social media? What are the legal issues that arise from this type of surveillance? Rachel Levinson-Waldman and Ángel Díaz explain recent trends in social media surveillance and argue for a regulatory framework that balances public safety and the right to privacy, free expression, and equal protection under the law. Read more |
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