Public attention is increasingly focused on the role "Big Digital Tech Companies" play in U.S. democratic society and globally – raising issues on topics such as monopoly power, data privacy, and security. M-RCBG is holding a series of three study groups this fall on issues of Technology and Regulation, specifically "Can Society Control Big Tech?"
Guest Speaker (via Zoom):
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Cecilia Kang, New York Times, co-author of An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination.
Moderated by:
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Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (2013-2017); M-RCBG senior research fellow
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Jon Sallet, Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Colorado, former General Counsel of the FCC; M-RCBG senior research fellow; - Phil Verveer, Senior Counselor to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler (2013-2017) and Ambassador and US Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (2009-2013); M-RCBG senior research fellow
This event is off the record.
This is an in-person event for students holding an HUID.
Please RSVP.
Future study group dates:
November 9, 2021
December 7, 2021
Speakers and Presenters
Cecilia Kang, New York Times; Jon Sallet, Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Colorado, former General Counsel of the FCC; M-RCBG senior research fellow; Phil Verveer, Senior Counselor to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler (2013-2017) and Ambassador and US Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (2009-2013); M-RCBG senior research fellow; Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (2013-2017); M-RCBG senior research fellow