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Seminar

Defending an Unowned Internet

RSVP Required Open to the Public

In the wake of the disclosures about government surveillance and the rise of corporate-run applications and protocols, is the idea of an "unowned" Internet still a credible one? The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to invite the community to a panel discussion on February 3rd, 2014 that will address this question as well as explore the potential for reforms in policy, technology, and corporate and consumer behavior.

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In the wake of the disclosures about government surveillance and the rise of corporate-run applications and protocols, is the idea of an "unowned" Internet still a credible one? The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is pleased to invite the community to a panel discussion on February 3rd, 2014 that will address this question as well as explore the potential for reforms in policy, technology, and corporate and consumer behavior.


Panelists include:


•   Yochai Benkler, Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School


•   Ebele Okobi, Global Head and Senior Legal Director for Human Rights, Yahoo!


•   Bruce Schneier, CTO of CO3 Systems and Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society


•   Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Editor in Chief of Lawfare


•   Jonathan Zittrain, Co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, will moderate the discussion.



RSVP required for those attending.

 

Location:

Milstein East B (Room 2036), Wasserstein Hall, Harvard Law School