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Disinformation Online: Ethics, Research, and Solutions

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School; Brown Institute for Media Innovation at Columbia Journalism School; Technology, Media, and Communications specialization at the School of International and Public Affairs; and Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University are hosting a conference to exchange

A Conversation with Cory Doctorow

The Heyman Center, Second Floor Common Room 74 Morningside Dr, New York, NY, United States

Cory Doctorow will join Dennis Tenen, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, in a conversation about science fiction, the changing material conditions of contemporary authorship, copyright, and surveillance.

Huxleyed into the Full Orwell: How Digital Copyright Abuse Has Abetted a Culture of Mass Surveillance and Social Control

Butler Library 523 535 West 114th, New York, NY, United States

Journalist and science fiction writer Cory Doctorow will talk about the millennia-old social compact of the book, and the arbitrary renegotiation of that contract in the age of ebooks, where prior restraint, restrictions on lending, donation and gifting, and invasive, surveillant technologies have become the norm. He will investigate how technology and license agreements have

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Cory Doctorow with Jad Abumrad

Lecture Hall, Pulitzer Hall 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Beyond “I agree”: A democratic technology, without Big Tech. RSVP at brwn.co/cd-register. The techlash marks the end of complacency over Big Tech: in a single instant, states have gone from being completely blase about the risks of a monopolized digital world run by high-handed CEOs who answer only to their shareholders, to being certain that

Technology’s Role in Media, Data Journalism, and Fighting Fake News? A Session in the Fast Company Innovation Festival

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

The media industry has never been under more scrutiny than it is today. Technology, a primary culprit in the proliferation of fake news, can also be used to provide clarity for the public. And we’ve started to witness the democratization of large-scale data analysis and connected data methods that provide journalists the opportunity to employ

Opening Up Research for the Greater Good? Ethics, Privacy, and Data

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

In the current political climate, opening up access to research and research data can be both a moral imperative and a careless decision that puts the lives and livelihood of the most vulnerable at risk. In this panel discussion and roundtable, three scholars will discuss the social and ethical responsibilities of gathering, curating, and sharing

Brown 2018-2019 Speaker Series: Data Visualization at The New York Times

Packard 101, Stanford University 350 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

New York Times graphics editor Kevin Quealy will join the Brown Institute for Media innovation in conversation about innovations in data visualization and his work at The Upshot, the Times’s site about politics, economics, and everyday life.   RSVP is requested but not required.

Free Expression in an Age of Surveillance: Measuring the “Chilling Effect”

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

This panel is the second in a series of events examining the role that the First Amendment should play in assessing the lawfulness of government surveillance. The first panel addressed legal doctrine and the skepticism with which courts view the claim that surveillance “chills” free speech. This second panel will assess the chilling effect. Does

Queer & “Here”

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Queer & "Here" From hookup apps to investigative reporting, community-building to historical archiving, the Internet has transformed queer experience and visibility. What have these changes wrought? What gains? What losses?

Measuring Crime: Behind the Statistics

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Abstract: In 1915, the Chicago City Council asked statistician Edith Abbott to report “upon the frequency of murder, assault, burglary, robbery, theft and like crimes in Chicago." Her report, drawing on published and unpublished statistics from the courts, probation office, house of correction, and police department, set the stage for subsequent collections and evaluations of

Book Launch of Habeas Data by tech reporter Cyrus Farivar in conversation with Alex Abdo, Knight First Amendment Institute

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

Join award-winning tech reporter Cyrus Farivar for a book launch of Habeas Data: Privacy vs. the Rise of Surveillance Tech. Farivar will be joined by Alex Abdo, Litigation Director for the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, who will respond to the book and moderate conversation on the topic of data and privacy. You