IST 195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hurricane Harvey, Infowar, Section 508 Amendment To The Rehabilitation Act Of 1973
4 Nov 2018
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Fake, run by russians, fake news, reached over 120 million. The facebook algorithm that determines what show up in your feed is estimated to have as many as 100,000 individual weight. Affinity- how close is the relationship between the suer and the content. Weight- how likely is it that the shared the content. Time decay- how recent/ current is the content. Video- how likely are you going to watch more than 50 % of the video. Posts based on timely news (hurricane harvey) A federal anti-discrimination law that implicates federal and federally funded programs in their treatment of individuals with disabilities. The law also implicates programs that receive federal funding, which subsidizes airports, colleges and universities. Consequences: institutions can loose federal fundings if not compliant with this law. Requires that all federal information that is available electronically must be accessible to individuals with disabilities. Was amended into a law in 1998. A civil law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.
