US senators are pressuring the social media group to release all its internal research You dug into this a bit, citing research done by a civil liberties organisation in Poland and another researcher at Northeastern University. 

Minkara is a professor of bioengineering at Northeastern University and the creator of a new documentary series — “Planes, Trains and Canes” — seeks to understand the cultural perceptions about disabilities through travel.

“I’m terribly concerned about the potential for misuse of that technology,“ says Ari Waldman, professor of law and computer science at Northeastern University. “Even if I think staging a coup against a democratic government is abhorrent, it doesn’t mean that constitutional privacy protections shouldn’t be in place.”

Another hearing witness, Northeastern University professor Alan Mislove, voiced support for two proposals lawmakers have already introduced: a bill requiring companies to vet their algorithms for bias and resolve any discrepancies, and another mandating that social media companies maintain a detailed ad library that’s accessible to researchers and regulators.

“The problems that could potentially arise if you start combining vaccines are that you could see some side effects that we haven’t seen before,” said Mansoor Amiji, university distinguished professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University in Boston. “We’ve seen some rare types of side effects and when you combine (the vaccines) you may see […]

Alan Mislove, Professor and Interim Dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, came to a similar conclusion. “Social media platforms do not currently have the proper incentives to allow research on their platforms, and have been observed to be actively hostile to important, ethical research that is in the public interest,” […]

2020 was a “unique situation,” and not part of a long-term trend, said James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston. The uptick is due to several factors, including people generally having too much free time amid the COVID-19 pandemic, he said. Other factors include conflicts over politics and race.

In the meantime, consumers will likely see the effects of the continued ebb and flow in trade, said Nada Sanders, professor of supply chain management at Northeastern University. “We are going to see rolling bottlenecks for a long time,” she said. “We are going to see shortages. We are going to see higher prices. And […]

Daniel Medwed, GBH News legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor, joined Aaron Schachter on Morning Edition to discuss the lawsuit.

A new study conducted by Northeastern University computer scientist Piotr Sapiezynski and Panoptykon, a Polish civil liberties organisation, focused on the ads seen by a single Facebook user, an individual with a history of anxiety around health issues.

Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University, said in an e-mail that “detention settings are poorly-suited for substance use treatment.” “For people who are already incarcerated, of course we should be providing them with the highest level of care possible,” said Beletsky. “But paying taxpayer funds to repurpose jail-like [facilities] […]

James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University in Boston, said he considered 2020 a “unique situation” and not part of any sort of long-term trend. He attributed the dramatic uptick to a confluence of factors, including the coronavirus pandemic, conflicts over politics and race and people just generally having too much free time.