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Navigating the Shifting Sports Media Landscape: Trends and Recommendations
Sanjay ReddyI. Introduction The media landscape in the U.S. is in a state of major flux. In July 2023, for the first time ever, cable and broadcast television (TV) viewership dropped to under 50% of total TV usage. Meanwhile, streaming services continued their upward surge, securing a record 38.7% of total TV consumption. The growth of […]
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Avoiding Critical System Failure: Why Federal Intervention is Necessary to Curb Crypto’s Adverse Energy and Environmental Impacts
Nteboheng Maya MokuenaIntroduction On February 23, 2024, a federal district judge in Texas issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), preventing it from enforcing an emergency information collection survey issued against the Texas Blockchain Council. The survey was requested by the DOE’s Energy Information Administration (EIA), which collects and analyzes data […]
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Limitations of the “Four-Fifths Rule” and Statistical Parity Tests for Measuring Fairness
Manish Raghavan & Pauline T. KimTo ensure the fairness of algorithmic decision systems, such as employment selection tools, computer scientists and practitioners often refer to the so-called “four-fifths rule” as a measure of a tool’s compliance with anti-discrimination law. This reliance is problematic because the “rule” is in fact not a legal rule for establishing discrimination, and it offers a […]