How Social Media Violates the Social Contract w/ Brennan Center for Justice

Join the Brennan Center for Justice for a panel of experts at the cross section of civic (and civil) conversation, digital communication, and the future of democracy for a necessary and timely discussion.

Date and time: Tue, November 16, 2021 @ 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PST

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-social-media-violates-the-social-contract-tickets-205229395647


From recent Facebook whistleblower testimony on hate speech to social media surveillance by law enforcement, there is an urgent need for solutions to address Big Tech and its impact on society.

Stanford Professors Rob Reich and Jeremy Weinstein will share insights from their new book, System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot. Former Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick will discuss his work with the Future of Tech Commission and the group’s recommendations for President Biden’s internet and social media goals. Timothy Shriver, founder of UNITE and chairman of the Special Olympics, will explore how we can better unify to find solutions.

The panel will be moderated by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and founder and editor in chief of The Markup, Julia Angwin.

Produced in partnership with New York University’s John Brademas Center


SPEAKERS:

--Deval Patrick, Former Governor of Massachusetts; Co-chair, Future of Tech Commission

--Timothy Shriver, Chair, Special Olympics International; Founder, UNITE, a collaborative dedicated to finding solutions to our polarization

--Rob Reich, Professor of Political Science, Director of the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, Co-director of the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, Associate Director of the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, Stanford University; Co-author of System Error

--Jeremy Weinstein, Professor of Political Science, Faculty Director of Stanford Impact Labs, Stanford University; Former Deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Co-author of System Error

--Moderator: Julia Angwin, Founder and Editor in Chief, The Markup