Stanford: Digital Platforms and Democratic Responsibility

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Excellent event to mark the launch of Stanford’s new Global Digital Policy Incubator, led by the incredible digital human rights leader Eileen Donahoe.

Digital Technology and Democracy: Launch of the Global Digital Policy Incubator Stanford University, October 6. Moderator: Larry Kramer, President of the Hewlett Foundation Juniper Downs, Global Head of Public Policy and Government Relations, Youtube Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability, Center for Internet & Society, Stanford Law School Andrew McLaughlin, Co-Founder, Higher Ground Labs, Venter Partner, Betaworks, former U.S.

Co-panelists:

  • Moderator: Larry Kramer, President of the Hewlett Foundation

  • Juniper Downs, Global Head of Public Policy and Government Relations, Youtube

  • Daphne Keller, Director of Intermediary Liability, Center for Internet & Society, Stanford Law School

  • Nick Pickles, Senior Public Policy Manager, Twitter

  • Mike Posner, Director, NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

NYU: Tyranny of the Algorithm? Predictive Analytics & Human Rights

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With Michael Posner (Professor, NYU Stern School of Business, Co-Director, Stern Center for Business and Human Rights) and Sarah Labowitz (Co-Director, NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights).

Cross-Cutting Panel #1: Data Collection and Ownership: The Role of the Private Sector Moderator: Michael Posner - Professor, NYU Stern School of Business, Co-Director, Stern Center for Business and Human Rights Speakers: Sarah Labowitz - Co-Director, NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights Andrew McLaughlin - Partner, Betaworks Much of the data used by governments in their risk assessment activity is collected, stored, analyzed, and sometimes owned by corporations.

Beyond Conventions: A Ford Foundation Forum on Human Rights

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The Ford Foundation has posted the video of a panel I recently joined on "[t]he possibilities and pitfalls of technology in the pursuit of human freedom."  The other panelists were (the legendary and eloquent) Sir Tim Berners-Lee, (the brilliant and soon-to-be-book-launching) Rebecca MacKinnon, (the worldly and effective) Elisa Massimino, and (the multi-disciplinary and polymathical) Danny O’Brien.  The moderator was (the charming and prolific) Sewell Chan, deputy editor for The New York Times. For me, the most interesting part of the panel was an exchange primarily with Elisa about the pressing need for mainstream/mainline human rights advocates and organizations to view seemingly-specialized tech issues like net neutrality, competition policy, intermediary liability, encryption policy, and user data control as core human rights issues.

Let's go to the tape.

The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Technology in the Pursuit of Human Freedom with Sewell Chan (moderator), deputy editor, The New York Times; Tim Berners-Lee, inventor, World Wide Web; Rebecca MacKinnon, senior fellow, New America Foundation; Elisa Massimino, president and CEO, Human Rights First; Andrew McLaughlin executive director, Civic Commons and Danny O'Brien, internet advocacy coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists.