El Pais Emojis, slang, and hashtags: The Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa Cartels attract young people on TikTok Organized Crime Recruitment Strategies on TikTok,” conducted by the Laboratory of Hatred and Harmony in collaboration with the Civic A.I. Lab at Northeastern University, documents more than 100 active accounts in Mexico and reaffirms what has been reported in recent weeks: how cartels offer fraudulent job opportunities through platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok.
The Week Google and Meta Faced an Antitrust Reckoning John Kwoka, a professor of economics at Northeastern University who recently worked for the FTC, said the Meta and Google cases are similar to Microsoft’s antitrust case in 1998.
Portland Press Herald How to buy concert tickets — and avoid getting scammed Andrew Mall, associate professor of music at Northeastern University, said these pricing structures can also benefit fans who are patient.
A new way to train lawyers to negotiate? ChatGPT. Two years after ChatGPT burst onto the scene, generative AI technology is already changing how law is taught and practiced. Suffolk and law schools at Boston University, Northeastern, and Harvard have all added classes on AI law in the past few years.
Forbes Has Trump Administration Sparked A Constitutional Crisis? This Is Why His Critics Are Worried There’s no “fixed definition” of the term “constitutional crisis,” Northeastern University professor Dan Urman said in 2024, though it’s broadly taken to refer to a clash between the various branches of government.
Puerto Rico faced a massive power outage. Why does this keep happening? For years, Puerto Rico has also faced a debt crisis which left the island unable to afford to maintain the grid, according to Laura Kuhl, of Northeastern University.
Google has illegal advertising monopoly, judge rules The US case will now move to a second “remedies” phase, which could also lead to Alphabet being broken up, said John Kwoka, a professor of economics at Northeastern University.
IRS reportedly eyes stripping Harvard of tax-exempt status Julian Fray, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law, joins WBUR’s Morning Edition to break down reports that the IRS is prepared to revoke Harvard University’s tax exemption.
‘Weaponized environmentalism’? A Texas Republican wants to test wastewater for abortion medication Dr. Kimberly Garrett, PhD, MHP, an environmental toxicologist and postdoctoral researcher with Northeastern University’s Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute PFAS Project Lab, reviewed bill SB1976 and told Fast Company in a statement that it is “unscientific” and even called it “a form of weaponized environmentalism.”
You May Want To Think Twice Before You Eat Bagged Lettuce “While consumers expect convenience and safety, the reality is that prewashed bagged greens remain one of the riskiest items in the grocery store due to contamination risks throughout the supply chain,” says Darin Detwiler, a professor of food policy at Northeastern University and author of “Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions.”
STAT News Supreme Court to hear challenge to ACA rule requiring free preventive care, cancer screenings The case is “one of the latest in a series of litigation attacks brought against various provisions of the Affordable Care Act,” said Wendy Parmet, a constitutional law scholar at Northeastern University. “It’s surprising because Trump is not a fan of the Affordable Care Act and vowed to replace the Affordable Care Act in his […]
Men's Health The FDA Is Recalling This Popular Supplement Over an Undeclared Allergen One is that the soy flour may have been there all along—the vitamins just weren’t labeled properly, says food safety expert Darin Detwiler, LPD, author of the book Food Safety: Past, Present, and Predictions, and a professor at Northeastern University.