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Facebook is making it easier for researchers to study its platform, including fringe groups and other “non-mainstream” movements, with a new Researcher API..

May 13, 2021 The Open Access publisher PLOS, and the Training Center in Communication, based at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, (known as TCC Africa) today announced a partnership to ensure that the interests and values of African research communities are represented in PLOS publications, policies, and services. The two organizations will work together to study and co-create pathways to Open Research that work for African researchers and stakeholders within the scholarly community ecosystem, while preserving the core tenets of Open Research. “This is the beginning of an amazing partnershi...

Around the house: former GC for The New Yorker moves to Ballard Spahr 13 May 2021 Around the house: former GC for The New Yorker moves to Ballard Spahr This week's round of in-house appointments also sees ride-hailing giant Grab name a Skadden partner GC as it gears up for a record-setting SPAC merger Former  First Look Media GC joins Ballard Spahr  Noted First Amendment attorney Lynn Oberlander, whose CV includes the GC spot at The New Yorker and First Look Media, has begun a role as of counsel in the New York office of Am Law 100 firm Ballard Spahr.  Oberlander has join...

Partnering with TCC Africa Roheena Anand, Director, Global Publishing Development, PLOS Two weeks ago we announced five new journals and their role in our plans to spread our roots deeper and absorb researchers and local practices more fully into our business. However, this is only one part of our work in this area. In the transition to an Open future we need to keep asking ourselves “Open for Whom?” Openness in itself, while valuable, does not tackle inequality in the scholarly communications ecosystem, or increase inclusion.   Therefore, we need to be intentional in addressing power i...

 E-Mail San Francisco, USA and Nairobi Kenya, May 12, 2021 - The Open Access publisher PLOS, and the Training Center in Communication, based at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, (known as TCC Africa) today announced a partnership to ensure that the interests and values of African research communities are represented in PLOS publications, policies, and services. The two organizations will work together to study and co-create pathways to Open Research that work for African researchers and stakeholders within the scholarly community ecosystem, while preserving the core tenets of Open Research. ...