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Big Tech and Democracy

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EST

Panel exploring the role of big technology companies on our democracy, including issues of privacy, competition, infrastructure, online abuse, and more. Featuring:

  • Susan Crawford, John A. Reilly Clinical Professor of Law, Harvard Law School; Special Assistant for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy to President Barack Obama (2009)
  • Dipayan Ghosh, Spring 2018 Pozen Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, HKS; Former Privacy & Public Policy Advisor, Facebook; Former White House Tech Policy Advisor
  • Laura Manley, Director of the Technology and Public Purpose Project, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, HKS; Senior Consultant, World Bank Group and United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs
  • Tom Wheeler, Senior Research Fellow, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy and Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, HKS; Chairman of the Federal Communication Commission (2013-2017)
  • Nicco Mele (Moderator), Lecturer in Public Policy and Director, Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, HKS
Watch in person or livestream at the IOP website.

Details

Date:
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Time:
5:00 pm - 6:30 pm EST

Venue

JFK Jr. Forum, Littauer Building

The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public.

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