Date
Topic
Media
Category
1
September 2, 2019
Introduction to Class
2
September 9, 2019
Content Moderation (free speech restrictions) on the Internet
Patriot Act , New Yorker , EFF
Goverance of Technology
3
September 16, 2019
Algorithmic Bias
Bias in Sentencing , Bias in Hiring , Human Bias , Solving AI Bias
Technology of Governance
4
September 23, 2019
Regulating Tech Monopolies
Technology Review , Prospect
Governance of Technology
5
September 30, 2019
Anonymity and the Right to be Forgotten
John Oliver , GDPR Enumeration , NPR
Governance of Technology
6
October 7, 2019
No class - Reading Day
7
October 14, 2019
Data Ownership and Privacy
NY Times or MIT Technology Review , Brookings , Wharton on Privacy and Politics
Governance of Technology
8
October 21, 2019
Surveillance Capitalism, Begin Final Projects
Surveillance Capitalism chapter (see Collab), Interview ,
Governance of Technology
9
October 28, 2019
Social Media & Democracy
Aeon , Tech Crunch , NY Times
10
November 4, 2019
Bad Gov Tech & Its Consequences
Automating Inequality chapter (see Collab), Twitter post
Technology of Governance
11
November 11, 2019
Digital Discourse
NY Times , Washington Post , Vice
Governance of Technology
12
November 18, 2019
Current Tech Policy
Patriot Act , John Oliver , John Oliver II
Governance of Technology
-
November 25, 2019
Thanksgiving Week - No Class
13
December 2, 2019
Techno-Optimism!
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