Providing inaccurate information for a cause / By Rabbi Ariel Ovadia With over 1.5 billion users worldwide, Facebook has become a place that people flock to for real-time news and information. Last year, a study by the Pew Research Center found that 63 percent of Facebook’s users considered the service a news source. Yet, after a long set of interviews, journalists have … [Read more...]
The Troublesome Tax Haven
The Panama Papers, Wearing Sha’atnez and Tax Avoidance / By: Rabbi Yosef Fund Several important documents were leaked in the April 2016 scandal known as the “Panama Papers”. The leaked documents detail the operations of a Panamanian law firm and its clients’ shell companies. Creating an offshore business entity is not illegal in the jurisdiction in which it is registered. … [Read more...]
FBI vs. Apple
Is there a Halahic mandate to guard private information? By: Rabbi Yosef Fund Public Interest vs. Privacy As the world of technology and personal computing evolves at breakneck speed, so do the issues surrounding its proper usage. One of the major issues currently under fire is the right to privacy. Following the December 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, CA, which … [Read more...]
When a Driverless Car Crashes
Who is responsible for the damage wrought by Google’s Self Driving Car? By: Rabbi Yosef Fund Google Car Misses its Cue Over the past several years of testing, Google’s fleet of autonomous vehicles have been involved in a number of minor accidents, but up until now, all of them were caused by human driven vehicles running into Google’s machines. This changed in February … [Read more...]
Charge for the Cure
How much can a pharmaceutical company charge for medications? By Rabbi Ariel Ovadia Recently, lawmakers met on Capitol Hill to grill a highly unpopular CEO of the pharmaceutical firm Turing Inc. after the latter hiked the price of one of its drugs from $13 to a whopping $750. Outraged congressmen accused the executive of putting greed before human life by placing this vital … [Read more...]