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The Washington Post held a discussion on freedom of expression and online speech. Among the participants were Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and social justice advocate Michael Render, also known as…

New York University hosted an all-day conference in Washington, D.C., on race and technology. In this portion of the discussion, panelists talked about how such internet-based platforms as…

New York University hosted an all-day conference in Washington, D.C., on race and technology. In this portion of the discussion, academics talked about privacy rights, artificial…

Princeton University Professor Kevin Kruse talked about the role of historians on social media and what he feels is their duty to provide context to current issues. He also discussed how…

The House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing on protecting U.S. election systems. The first panel of witnesses included Justice Department and Homeland…

Two Cato Institute scholars discussed social media companies and advocated against their regulation. Afterward, they answered questions from members of the audience.

Telephone lines and social media were open for viewer comments on the question “Should Facebook be broken up?”

Julie Albright talked about Left to Their Own Devices: How Digital Natives Are Reshaping the American Dream. In her book she explored the intersection of social behavior and technology and…

Early Facebook investor Roger McNamee talked about his book, Zucked: The Education of an Unlikely Activist in which he offered his thoughts on the potential long term impact of the social…

Quartz’s Founding Editor Kevin Delaney discussed the future of digital journalism, including the decline of Facebook’s and Google’s dominance, with students at the University of California…

The Washington Post held an in-depth discussion with journalists and lawmakers on the future of and importance of local news. In this portion, attendees heard from two lawmakers, Representatives David…

In this portion of the Washington Post's in-depth discussion with journalists and lawmakers on the future of and importance of local news, Facebook’s Anne Kornblut talked about how the…

This portion of the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books featured a discussion on politics and digital technology with authors Douglas Rushkoff, Team Human; Nicolas Berggruen and Nathan…

Technology watcher Tim Wu talked about his book, The Curse of Bigness. In his work, Mr. Wu argues that present-day big technology companies have power and influence similar to Standard Oil…

A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City heard oral argument in Knight First Amendment Institute v. Trump, a case concerning the 45th…

The three producers of the PBS documentary The Facebook Dilemma talked about their investigation into the social media platform and its impact on global privacy and democracy.

A RAND researcher spoke with congressional staffers about countering Russian social media influence. Topics included ways to identify disinformation, engaging social media companies, and a…

Early Facebook investor Roger McNamee discussed his book, Zucked: The Education of an Unlikely Activist, on the potential long-term impact of Facebook.

Walt Mossberg, technology thinker and columnist, talked about technology developments; his work with the News Literacy Project, which teaches middle school and high school students how to…

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice moderated a discussion on the evolution of communication and its effect on democracy. She was joined by British historian Niall Ferguson and…