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Digital Platform Safety and The Problem of Variable Costs
No full textBecause the United States has no digital regulator to set minimum quality or safety standards for digital products, dominant platforms have both the ability and permission to harm consumers, a trend which will accelerate. Digital platforms with market power have no incentive to shoulder the expense of providing safe, high-quality services, because the marginal costs of providing increased quality and safety—often human beings engaged in content moderation or fact-checking—are so high. If providing better quality would increase profits, digital platforms would have done so already. Instead, digital platforms act like automobile manufacturers before regulators required seatbelts: they will insist that people would rather ride in unsafe cars than shoulder the extra expense of a seatbelt. This argument is especially difficult to deal with in the case of digital markets, because many consumers do not realize that these services are not free; they are paying for them with their attention, their data, their mental health, and their democracy. Recent actions by the CEOs of Meta and X have demonstrated the propensity of social media sites to increase their profit by ending investments in safety, regardless of the risks to users, and in violation of the laws of other nations. It is past time for United States lawmakers to hold digital businesses to the same standards as other sectors such as food, automobiles, and pharmaceuticals and require their products to be safe
Music manuscript from the CDSS collection
No full textA music manuscript folio with the notation and lyrics for an untitled song on the front. The lyrics seem to be taken from several folk tunes, such as Shall I go walk the wood so wild and Oft have I ridden upon my old grey nag . The inner and back pages are blank. Sources are listed on the manuscript. Part of the collection of songs and dances from the 17th and 18th centuries gathered by Bessie Osgood; The untitled song is in F major and 2/4 and 6/4 time.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_music_and_dance/1030/thumbnail.jp
Pinewoods Camp photographic album: page 001
No full textFront cover of a photographic album containing 37 photographic prints of Pinewoods Camp and it\u27s surrounding environment on Long Pond, Plymouth Massachusetts from 1939-41; created by Robert H. Buckie and the Country Dance Society, Inc.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_photos/1192/thumbnail.jp
Pinewoods Camp photographic album: page 002
No full textInside front cover of a photographic album containing 37 photographic prints of Pinewoods Camp and it\u27s surrounding environment on Long Pond, Plymouth Massachusetts from 1939-41; created by Robert H. Buckie and the Country Dance Society, Inc.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_photos/1193/thumbnail.jp
Pinewoods Camp photographic album: page 0027
No full textPage 27 of a photographic album containing 37 photographic prints of Pinewoods Camp and it\u27s surrounding environment on Long Pond, Plymouth Massachusetts from 1939-41; created by Robert H. Buckie and the Country Dance Society, Inc. The photograph is titled Park in Plymouthhttps://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_photos/1218/thumbnail.jp
Pinewoods Camp photographic album: page 0020
No full textPage 20 of a photographic album containing 37 photographic prints of Pinewoods Camp and it\u27s surrounding environment on Long Pond, Plymouth Massachusetts from 1939-41; created by Robert H. Buckie and the Country Dance Society, Inc. The photograph is titled Women\u27s Morris.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_photos/1211/thumbnail.jp
Pinewoods Camp photographic album: page 006
No full textPage 6 of a photographic album containing 37 photographic prints of Pinewoods Camp and it\u27s surrounding environment on Long Pond, Plymouth Massachusetts from 1939-41; created by Robert H. Buckie and the Country Dance Society, Inc. The photograph is titled Sunny Afternoon.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_photos/1197/thumbnail.jp
Pinewoods Camp photographic album: page 0040
No full textPage 40 of a photographic album containing 37 photographic prints of Pinewoods Camp and it\u27s surrounding environment on Long Pond, Plymouth Massachusetts from 1939-41; created by Robert H. Buckie and the Country Dance Society, Inc. The photograph is titled An Intermission.https://scholars.unh.edu/cdss_photos/1231/thumbnail.jp