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Date and Location

October 12, 2021
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ET
R-414ab David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab

Contact

617-495-9756
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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):

  • Cecilia Kang, New York Times, co-author of An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination.

Moderated by:

  • Tom Wheeler, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (2013-2017); M-RCBG senior research fellow


  • 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

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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

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