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    Key facts about the U.S. H-1B visa program

    Almost 1.8 million H-1B visas have been distributed in fiscal years 2001 through 2015. Here are some key facts about the current H-1B visa program.

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    Theme 4: Biases exist in algorithmically-organized systems

    There are two strands of thinking that tie together here. One is that the algorithm creators (code writers), even if they strive for inclusiveness, objectivity and neutrality, build into their creations their own perspectives and values. The other is that the datasets to which algorithms are applied have their own limits and deficiencies. Even datasets […]

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    2. Online harassment in focus: Most recent experience

    In order to gain a more detailed understanding of the daily realities of online harassment, the 41% of adults who have been targeted online were asked a series of questions about their most recent experience.[3. numoffset=”3″ Among those who have experienced online harassment, 71% say their most recent incident included only offensive name-calling and/or purposeful […]

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    Gay Marriage Around the World

    A fact sheet provides an overview of the situation in the nations where same-sex marriage is legal nationwide as well as countries that allow it in certain jurisdictions.

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    Methodology

    This report relies on data from Google Trends, a publicly available, web-based tool that permits users to explore online search volume by language and location over a specified time period. In this report, Google Trends is matched with migration data on refugee arrivals from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and asylum applications […]

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    Methodology

    The analysis in this report is based on a survey conducted June 17-27, 2016, among a sample of 1,055 adult internet users 18 years of age or older. The survey was conducted in English and Spanish by the GfK Group using KnowledgePanel, its nationally representative online research panel. KnowledgePanel members are recruited through probability sampling […]

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    About this canvassing of experts

    The expert predictions reported here about the impact of the internet over the next 10 years came in response to one of eight questions asked by Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center in an online canvassing conducted between July 1 and August 12, 2016. This is the seventh “Future of the […]