December 2018
Safiya Noble – Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
In Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social problem; Noble argues that the combination of private interests...
February 2019
CITP Special Event: Building Trust Online: A Conversation with Gabriel Weinberg, CEO of DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo is the world’s leading pro-privacy search engine. Since its founding ten years ago, DuckDuckGo has processed over 26 billion search queries. The company has grown to over 55 employees and earned over $25 million in revenue. This conversation, between DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg...
March 2019
CITP Special Event: One Year Into the EU Data Protection Law: How is it Working?
Attendance by invitation only. Etienne Maury from the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) and Estelle Masse from Access Now will provide an overview of the functioning of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) almost one year in.This conversation will reflect on the law’s...
October 2019
The G.S. Beckwith Gilbert ’63 Lectures: General John R. Allen USMC (Ret.) – AI on the Battlefield: Ethics and Rules of Engagement
A conversation with General John R. Allen USMC (Ret.), President, Brookings Institution; Former Commander, ISA and US Forces, Afghanistan and Edward W. Felten, Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs.
November 2019
The TechSoc Reading Group: Dr. Finn Brunton – Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency
The TechSoc Reading Group will host Dr. Finn Brunton for a discussion of his new book Digital Cash: The Unknown History of the Anarchists, Utopians, and Technologists Who Created Cryptocurrency.