Hosted by the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship and the Tech Policy Lab this event will bring together some of the many commenters from the Facebook “emotion contagion study,” together with other thought leaders from the academy, industry, civil society, and the legal community, to talk about the changing face of science, […]
Many of the things we do to each other in the 21st century –both good and bad – we do by means of smart technology. Drones, robots, cars, and computers are a case in point. Military drones can help protect vulnerable, displaced civilians; at the same time, drones that do so without clear accountability give […]
On Thursday, November 13, Danielle Citron will be joining us at Ada’s Technical Books and Cafe in Capitol Hill to sign copies of her new book Hate Crimes in Cyberspace from 4-5 with Happy Hour in the Cafe from 5:00-7:00 pm.
“In this important book, Danielle Citron proposes a civil rights agenda for the digital age —new legal tools that will protect equal opportunity and human dignity in digital spaces. She explains how we can protect individuals from online harassment and abuse without undermining freedom of expression.” – Jack M. Balkin, Knight Professor of Constitutional Law […]
The Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media, the Henry Art Gallery, and the UW Tech Policy Lab present “Alice, Bob and Clapper: What Snowden taught us about privacy” with author and activist Cory Doctorow. Doctorow’s novels Little Brother, Homeland, and forthcoming book Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free address issues of privacy, surveillance, copyright, cryptography, and social activism. Doctorow is […]
